Reading by Lamplight |  Freer Gallery of Art (1905.114) | |
| Number: | 37 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 161 x 120 mm | |
| Signed: | 'J. Whistler' at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 40 | |
| Catalogues: | K.32; M.30; T.24; W.25 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (40) | ||
CATALOGUES RAISONNÉS
- Kennedy, Edward G., The Etched Work of Whistler, New York, 1910 (cat. no. 32) 'Reading by Lamplight'.
- Mansfield, Howard, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Chicago, 1909 (cat. no. 30) 'Reading by Lamplight'.
- Thomas, Ralph, A Catalogue of the Etchings and Drypoints of James Abbott MacNeil Whistler, London, 1874 (cat. no. 24) 'Reading by Lamplight'.
- Wedmore, Sir Frederick, Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue, London, 1886 (cat. no. 25) 'Reading by Lamplight'.
EXHIBITIONS 1855-1905
- Collection illustrative of the History and Practice of Etching. Lent and Catalogued by James Anderson Rose, Esq., of London, Liverpool, 1874 (cat. nos. 516, 516a) 'Reading by Lamplight'.
- Etchings and Dry Points, The Union League Club, New York, 1881 (cat. nos. 37-38) 'Mrs. Haden, reading'.
- Exhibition of Etchings, Drypoints. and Lithographs by Whistler, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1898 (cat. no. 24) 'Reading by Lamplight'.
- An Exhibition of Etchings and Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, The Caxton Club, 1900 (cat. no. 25) 'Reading by Lamp-light'
- Art and Industrial Exhibition, Wolverhampton, 1902 (cat. no. 111) 'Reading by Lamp-light'.
- A Collection of Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler recently acquired, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1903 (cat. nos. 20a-b) 1st and 2nd states.
- Exhibition of Etchings by James McNeill Whistler, Obach and Co., London, 1903 (cat. no. 27) 'Reading by Lamp-light'.
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Copley Hall, Boston, February 1904 (cat. no. 19) 'Reading By Lamp-Light'.
- Etchings and Dry-Points by James McNeill Whistler, The Grolier Club, New York, 1904 (cat. no. 27) 'Reading by Lamplight'.
- Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 25) 'Reading by Lamplight'.
REVIEWS 1855-1905
- None.
GENERAL 1906-PRESENT
- Lochnan, Katharine A., The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1984, pp. 60-61, 278 (no. 33).
- James McNeill Whistler, Tate Gallery, London; Musée d'Orsay, Paris; and National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994-1995.