Reading by lamplight

Reading by lamplight

Item Information

Title:
Reading by lamplight
Description:
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:
1859
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Drypoints
Portrait prints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Reading
Sisters
Extent:
1 print : etching and drypoint ; plate mark 16 x 12 cm
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 32
Additional information accompanying item: Portrait of Whistler's half-sister, Lady Haden.
Notes (ownership):
From the royal collection formerly at Windsor.
From the collection of Queen Victoria.
Notes (date):
Date from material accompanying item.
Notes (citation):
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):
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:
17_14_000020
W. 3225 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000188306