A man reading

A man reading

Item Information

Title:
A man reading
Description:
A nearly half-length portrait of a gentlemen with long silky hair and full beard, sitting in an armchair, facing to the right and holding a book. There is shading in the background. The plate is unsigned.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1873–1877]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Drypoints
Portrait prints
Cancellation proofs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Extent:
1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 28 x 19 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076m833
Terms of Use:
No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 137
Additional information accompanying item: Included in "Etchings by J. M. Whistler from the cancelled plates."
Handwritten on item: The only impressions known are from the cancelled plate.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
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):
From an impression from the cancelled plate.
Identifier:
17_14_000098
Barcode:
36666000099594