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Nocturne

Boston Public Library
Accession no: W.418
State: 9 e/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891); sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lot 235), bought by Deprez, £7.10.0. Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York; bought by Albert H. Wiggin (1868-1951), 28 April 1919 ('DGEJ'); given to Boston Public Library, MA.  

 

Paper size:207 x 297 mm  
Plate mark size:200 x 296 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid paper, red rules (blank ledger sheet)  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Heavy tone on water, wiped horizontally, splotchy at lower right; also somewhat splotchy in sky, which has some "rays" above ship; brighter horizon; funny texture upper right corner, as if hit with a brush, or wiping cloth rich dark brown.  
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:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly of 1886; 70-88mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'JHH' blind stamp (Hutchinson, Lugt 2921) - in the print!  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Nocturne W.150 / -h5- 4213'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1840421  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.