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Nocturne

Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.
Accession no: 1947.D1.292
State: 9 e/9

Collection credit:Davison Art Center  
Image credit:Photo © Wesleyan University  
Provenance:W.G. Rawlinson; Albert W. Scholle; gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), to Wesleyan University, 1947  

 

Paper size:205x294 mm  
Plate mark size:201x294 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:Yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
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 on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:On verso: 'selected proof'  
Tab signed/inscribed:Butterfly 'imp'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:On verso: 'This is the proof that Whistler selected and exhibited in London when the Venice set was first shown. It comes from the collection of Mr. Rawlinson to whom Whistler sold it F.K.' (Frederick Keppel)  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K1840408  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.