A Young Lady Seated, Reading
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1878
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumLithotint on chine collé
Dimensions25.4 x 24 cm, (10 x 9 7/16 in.,)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession number2.1.o.54
eMuseum ID727520
EmbARK ObjectID13987
Original Number3.1.o.19
TMS Source ID2822
Last Updated10/3/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesThomas Robert Way. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue (London, 1896), p. 11, no. 2.
Thomas Robert Way. Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist (London, 1912), p. 87.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 131.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 44, no. 155. (as "The Novel: A Girl Reading")
Susan Hobbs and Nesta R. Spink. Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Smithsonian Institution: Washington, D.C., 1982), pp. 11-12, 45, no. 9. (as "Reading")
M. Knoedler & Company, Inc.. Notes, Harmonies & Nocturnes. Exh. cat. (New York: M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., 1984), p. 30, no. 19. (as "Study: Seated Figure")
Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours, a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), p. 437, no. 1207. (as "The Novel: Study of a girl reading")
Thomas Robert Way. Memories of James McNeill Whistler, the Artist (London, 1912), p. 87.
Gilbert Wendel Longstreet and Morris Carter. General Catalogue (Boston, 1935), p. 131.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 44, no. 155. (as "The Novel: A Girl Reading")
Susan Hobbs and Nesta R. Spink. Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Smithsonian Institution: Washington, D.C., 1982), pp. 11-12, 45, no. 9. (as "Reading")
M. Knoedler & Company, Inc.. Notes, Harmonies & Nocturnes. Exh. cat. (New York: M. Knoedler & Company, Inc., 1984), p. 30, no. 19. (as "Study: Seated Figure")
Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours, a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), p. 437, no. 1207. (as "The Novel: Study of a girl reading")
MarksNotesSigned in stone (left): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower right corner): Hyxn
Inscribed in graphite (verso, lower right corner): Hyxn
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealer James M. Hart, Boston on 10 November 1896 for $36.
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