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Nocturne

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 184
State: 9 e/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 9791). Part of the Gardiner Greene Hubbard Collection, Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:202 x 298 mm  
Plate mark size:202 x 298 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:Strasbourg Lily / LVG  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Deep tone, selectively wiped to suggest rays radiating from the horizon; with bevel or plate edges wiped clean.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Carefully wiped impression in great condition.  

 

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 1886/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 9791' at lower left on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'ox' at lower right on verso (dealer price code)  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1840423  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.