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Nocturne

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.379
State: 6/9

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:225 x 316 mm  
Plate mark size:202 x 295 mm  
Note on size:small margins  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian wove  
Note on the paper:This is the same paper used for impressions of Little Venice, FGA 1898.378 and 1905.179  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:With considerable tone on the sky and water  
Note on foul biting:A few dark flecks at the upper and lower right  
Print note:  

 

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:'II.(x)' in the lower right margin, possibly by Whistler  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:medium shaded butterfly (the size reflects the available space)  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W150' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1840302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.