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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

James McNeill Whistler, Reading by Lamplight, 1859, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Wallace L. De Wolf, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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