222NocturneFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.90 State: 7/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Obach & Co. (receipt 30 July 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 204 x 295 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 200 x 295 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Very heavy plate tone on the water in the foreground, including blotches at the lower plate mark; with a lighter band across details at the horizon; curved bands of mottled tone on the left portion of the image. |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 53 -61 mm from left, height 4 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The tab was trimmed smaller than an earlier butterfly signature and 'imp', and a new, smaller butterfly and 'imp.' were signed over it |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W150 Nocturne Obach + Co' at lower centre on the verso by C. L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1840321 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.