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Reading by Lamplight

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 60.598.26
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Julia S. Manges, in memory of her husband Dr. Morris Manges, 1960  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Julia S. Manges, in memory of her husband Dr Morris Manges, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1960.  

 

Paper size:250 x 185 mm  
Plate mark size:160 x 119 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:pale grey  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:browned to buff  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:top of a Strasbourg Lily  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K0320228  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.