Reading by Lamplight
Print
1858 (etched)
1858 (etched)
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‘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.
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Title | Reading 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. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'J Whistler' (Signed by the artist in plate bottom right.) |
Object history | W.25; K.32, 2nd state. |
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Accession number | E.17-1905 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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