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Nocturne

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1903.51
State: 5/9

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from American Art Association (receipt 27 March 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:240 x 393 mm  
Plate mark size:200 x 295 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Dark, uneven tone near the upper and lower plate edges; lighter, uneven tone elsewhere  
Note on foul biting:A few dark flecks at the upper and lower right.  
Print note:Vivid burr on the gondolas in the foregound and distant ships, a very dynamic print.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:butterfly 'imp.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Trial Proof / Early-' in the lower right margin  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:small later butterfly  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1840202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.