Reading by Lamplight
Medium
Etching and drypoint; third state of three (Glasgow); black ink on fine off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
Plate: 6 1/4 × 4 5/8 in. (15.9 × 11.8 cm) Sheet: 9 7/8 × 7 1/4 in. (25.1 × 18.4 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Julia H. Manges, in memory of her husband, Dr. Morris Manges, 1960
Accession Number
60.598.26
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About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler · 1834–1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American-born painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Aesthetic Movement and pioneer of Tonalism and Japonisme. He revolutionized art by championing "art for art's sake" and treating paintings as visual equivalents of musical compositions, titling works as "arrangements," "harmonies," and "nocturnes" to emphasize formal qualities o...