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Nocturne

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 33.15
State: 8/9

Collection credit:Gift of Robert Treat Paine, 2nd, 1933  
Image credit:Photo © 2011 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  
Provenance:James McNeill Whistler, possibly sold in 1887 to The Fine Art Society, London, sold together with another impression of the same etching in July 1887 to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a13489) for£7.17.6; sold in 1888 to Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Robert Treat Paine, II, Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1933.  

 

Paper size:211 x 296 mm  
Plate mark size:201 x 296 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid paper with partial, sideways 'MV' [?] or a zig-zag  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:W W  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Lovely tone, wiped upwards vertically in the sky, and softly, slightly unevenly, horizontally across the water; considerable tone overall, heavier top and bottom, quite splotchy at bottom dpb  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A fine impression  

 

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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:[butterfly] imp  
Note on the tab:59-79mm from left dpb; 1886/87 butterfly  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HHB' stamp (H.H. Benedict, Lugt 2936); MFA (Lugt 282)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 13489'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'The Nocturne'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1840320  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.