37Reading by LamplightMuseum Boijmans van Beuningen, RotterdamAccession no: BdeH. 1723 State: 3/3 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Bought from Mac Perl, Berlin, by the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam 15 October 1919 '(z.o.z.Bijz.)', for D.M. 1200 (guilders120). |
| Paper size: | 227 x 198 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 159 x 119 mm |
| Note on size: | The sheet has a rough edge at bottom |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone at the bottom, wiped clean in the middle |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A striking impression; lovely detail, the pattern on the dress clear; rich burr on her, soft and rich shading on the wall, although the shadows are a little uneven; irregular burr on the roughly horizontal shading on the table where the lines overlap. |
| 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: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K0320222 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.