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Reading a Book | ||
Number: | 112 | |
Date: | 1873/1874 | |
Medium: | drypoint | |
Size: | 127 x 77 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at left | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
No. of States: | 2 | |
Known impressions: | 18 | |
Catalogues: | K.111; M.110; W.97 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (18) |
The form of the butterfly signature indicates a date of 1873/1874. Mansfield thought Reading a book was 'Done about 1873.' 1
Other prints of this date include Resting [111], Draped Model [109], The Letter (Maud, seated) [116], The Desk [129].
Other prints of this date include Resting [111], Draped Model [109], The Letter (Maud, seated) [116], The Desk [129].
1: Mansfield 1909 (cat. no. 110).