Johann Georg Wille
The Reader
1759
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 134 x 187 mm. (5 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Plate: 109 x 161 mm. (4 5/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
Image: 93 x 148 mm. (3 11/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.847
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: below image, lower left, in plate "Dessine et Gravé par J.G. Wille, 1760."; above image, upper right, in graphite "31"; below image, lower left, in graphite "LB45" Verso: lower left in graphite "Ph"
Markings: CM: Claghorn; Garrett
