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Reading by Lamplight

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 3/3

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © New York Public Library  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:289 x 207 mm  
Plate mark size:159 x 117 mm  
Note on size:uneven right, possibly from a ledger  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:darkened at left  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:yes illegible  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:tone, deepest towards the edges, wiped lighter over her face and book  
Note on foul biting:some dots, particularly at the edges  
Print note:fine impression with burr on figure  

 

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:'Whistler -'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'2nd Stat' [sic] possibly by Whistler  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'S P A' verso; 'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0320221  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.