The Open Book |  Hunterian Art Gallery (49940) | |
| Number: | 89 | |
| Date: | 1861 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 152 x 115 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | '1861' at lower right | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 17 | |
| Catalogues: | K.84; M.79 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (17) | ||
The Open Book dates from 1861. Whistler etched the date '1861' on the copper plate. A similar size plate of this date is Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier) [95].