James McNeill Whistler, Boussod, Valadon & Cie., Thomas Way and Son
Reading
1878-1886
Scroll
James McNeill Whistler, Boussod, Valadon & Cie., Thomas Way and Son
Reading
1878-1886
Physical Qualities
Crayon lithograph, Sheet: 414 × 313 mm. (16 5/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
Image: 155 × 130 mm. (6 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.8314
Portrait of Maud Franklin.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art
Way, Thomas R. The Lithographs by Whistler (New York: Kennedy & Co., 1914), p. 5, #13.
Levy, Mervyn. Whistler Lithographs: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné (London: Jupiter Books, 1975), #25.
Stratis, Harriet K. and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), p. 93, #17.
Levy, Mervyn. Whistler Lithographs: An Illustrated Catalogue Raisonné (London: Jupiter Books, 1975), #25.
Stratis, Harriet K. and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), p. 93, #17.
Inscribed: Signed in pencil: lower left "[butterfly]" Signed in stone: lower right "[butterfly]" Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "'La Lecture'"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)