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James McNeill Whistler
Reading by Lamplight1859

Not on view
Sepia-toned etching of a young woman seated at a table in profile, reading an open book by lamplight, with dense crosshatched lines throughout
Artist or Maker
James McNeill Whistler
United States, 1834-1903
Title
Reading by Lamplight
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1859
Medium
Etching and drypoint
Dimensions
Format: 8 x 6 1/4 in. (20.32 x 15.88 cm); Plate: 6 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. (15.88 x 11.75 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Wallace L. De Wolf
Accession Number
19.4.38
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings