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Reading

Print
Artist/Maker
Boussod, Valadon & Co. (publisher)
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (artist)
Way, Thomas Robert (printer)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Lithograph on paper depicting a portrait of a woman in profile, wearing a hat and fur cape, reading a newspaper.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleReading (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Printing Ink
Paper
Lithograph
Brief description
Lithograph print by James Whistler entitled 'Reading'. Great Britain, 1879.
Physical description
Lithograph on paper depicting a portrait of a woman in profile, wearing a hat and fur cape, reading a newspaper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 15.6cm
  • Width: 12.7cm
Object history
W.13
Associated objects
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1521-1905

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O858870/reading-print-whistler-james-abbott/
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