Boston Public LibraryJames McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings / American Artists
Reading by lamplight
Item Information
- Title:
- Reading by lamplight
- Description:
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Deborah Haden is reading from a book, which is lighted by a tall reading lamp. The scene is the Haden's music room and closely resembles Francis Seymour Haden's "A Lady Reading" (Richard S. Schneiderman: S. 10).
- Artist:
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
- Date:
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1859
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Drypoints
Portrait prints
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Reading
Sisters
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching and drypoint ; plate mark 16 x 12 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076j53z
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 32
Additional information accompanying item: Portrait of Whistler's half-sister, Lady Haden.
- Notes (ownership):
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From the royal collection formerly at Windsor.
From the collection of Queen Victoria.
- Notes (date):
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Date from material accompanying item.
- Notes (citation):
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Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Second state of two.
The arrangement of the hair is changed, and the nose is retroussé. Heavy drypoint work on the background deepens the shadows; the lines about the head have been burnished out, and the shading on the right side of the cup and saucer has been erased.
- Identifier:
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17_14_000020
W. 3225 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000188306
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