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Reading by Lamplight

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 107-1904

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Obach & Co., London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1904 for £5.5.0.  

 

Paper size:314 x 206 mm  
Plate mark size:159 x 119 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:some tone in shadows; elso only residual tone  
Note on foul biting:pitting in cone of light, behind figure and below cup  
Print note:roulette marks near bottom edge  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:'J. Whistler' ('l' crossed as well as 't')  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:-  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:recto lower left corner 'N°25'; lower right corner 'W25' and '28', crossed out '24'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0320208  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.