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Reading by Lamplight

Whereabouts unknown
Accession no: n/a
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:K. M. Guichard. Dr George van Houten, Netherlands; sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 3 May 2007; The Fine Art Society, London, 2007. Present whereabouts unknown.  

 

Paper size:216 x 172 mm  
Plate mark size:160 x 119 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white/beige  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:heavy weight paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:fleur de lys (partial)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light, soft tone.  
Note on foul biting:a little on the foreground lines.  
Print note:Soft, uneven shadows, quite velvety, but without burr.  

 

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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'10305' at top recto  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project, dealer's records  
ID:K0320217  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.