Woman at a Window, Reading a Letter

c. 1813

Sir David Wilkie

Artist, Scottish, 1785 - 1841

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on chine collé

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Richard A. Simms

  • Dimensions

    plate: 8.3 x 4 cm (3 1/4 x 1 9/16 in.)
    page size: 44.5 x 29.9 cm (17 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.85.1.b

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Dodgson 1923, no. 3, State ii/ii

Associated Artworks

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Interior with Three Boys and a Dog

Sir David Wilkie

1813

The Cottage Door

Sir David Wilkie

1824

Reading the Will

Sir David Wilkie

1819

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, William Weston Gallery, London, 30 January 1985, no. 69); purchased by Richard A. Simms, Los Angeles; gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1923

  • Dodgson, Campbell. "The Etchings of Sir David Wilkie, R.A." Walpole Society XI (1922-23): 73ff.

Inscriptions

in plate below image: DW

Wikidata ID

Q75125552

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