37Reading by LamplightMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.25 State: 3/3 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 306 x 218 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 161 x 119 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | asian |
| Note on the paper: | laid lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | tone over shaded areas |
| Note on foul biting: | some in the bottom half, as if the lines were spreading into each other where they crossed |
| Print note: | Some burr on the hair, slightly uneven shading on the background; soft effect on skirt and cup, more precise on the lamp. |
| 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: | butterfly |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of ca 1887 |
| Collector's mark: | 'B. M.' stamp on verso (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37215' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0320211 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.