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Reading by Lamplight

Print
1858 (etched)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

‘Reading by Lamplight’, etching by James Whistler, ca.1858. Signed by the artist in plate bottom right. Portrait of the artist’s half-sister, Deborah Delano (1825-1908) in a domestic interior. She is shown in profile, turned to the right, sitting within a circle of light cast by the lamp at right, holding an open book close to her face.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleReading by Lamplight (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Brief description
'Reading by Lamplight', etching by James Whistler, 1858.
Physical description
‘Reading by Lamplight’, etching by James Whistler, ca.1858. Signed by the artist in plate bottom right. Portrait of the artist’s half-sister, Deborah Delano (1825-1908) in a domestic interior. She is shown in profile, turned to the right, sitting within a circle of light cast by the lamp at right, holding an open book close to her face.
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.1cm
  • Width: 11.7cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'J Whistler' (Signed by the artist in plate bottom right.)
Object history
W.25; K.32, 2nd state.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Wedmore, Frederick. Whistler's Etchings, A Study and a Catalogue. London: Colnaghi & Co, 1899. No.25.
  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978. No.32, 2nd state.
Collection
Accession number
E.17-1905

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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