37Reading by LamplightPrivate collectionAccession no: - State: 1/3 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo Whistler Etchings Project |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow; bought by H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1903; Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore, Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Sold at auction, Doyle, New York, 4 May 2004; Harris Schrank, New York, 2006; sold to C. G. Boerner, New York, 2007; bought by a private collector, 2007. |
| Paper size: | 266 x 204 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 158 x 116 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Crowned lion rampant with a sword in an ellipse under a crown. |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A superb impression in warm brownish-black ink with some burr. |
| 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: | butterfly in pencil below platemark |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1890s |
| Collector's mark: | 'B M' (B. B. McGeorge, Lugt 394) ; 'HM' (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342); and 'HW' (Howard Whittemore, Lugt Supp. 1384), all stamps on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37215' or 'a 39215' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '1st state' and 'Whistler' on recto, '24.' and '65' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records |
| ID: | K0320110 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.