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Nocturne: Palaces

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: M12031
State: 8/12

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel  
Image credit:  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 33573). Robert Hartshorne. Given by Edwin de Turck Bechtel (1880-1957) to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:294 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:294 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:heavy weight , 'antique' laid paper with a strong narrow vertical grain.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none visible  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:heavier tone at top and bottom thirds - lantern shows nicely - wiped horizontally  
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:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:Pencil butterfly probably 1886; height 8mm; 48-68mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1886/1887.  
Collector's mark:'RH' in circle, stamp on verso (R. Hartshorne, Lugt 2215b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 33573' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2020705  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.