The Evening Lamp
circa 1891
19th Century
6 1/4 in. x 4 5/8 in.
J. Alden Weir Julian Alden Weir,
American,
(1852–1919)
Object Type:
Work on Paper
Medium and Support:
drypoint and etching on paper
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Accession Number:
2002.1.158d
Full length portrait of a woman seated reading. Her right arm rests on a table from which a lamp lights her right side and the floor at her feet, where a dog is lying. Except for a window sill and a chair at the right of the plate, which catch the lamplight, the background is in deep shadow.