208Nocturne: FurnaceNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8549 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought on 31 March 1927 by by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10613 |
| Paper size: | 174 x 230 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 166 x 230 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour is ivory discoloured to buff |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with heavy tone across the water in the foreground, lighter tone on the walls; the interior wiped cleaner |
| Note on foul biting: | a few tiny acid droplets, most by the prow at left |
| Print note: | This was formerly entered in the database as the second state. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| 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: | tsb at 52 to 67 mm from left; butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c.13748' at lower centre on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '2' at centre on the verso; '11' at lower center on the verso; '1878' at lowr right on the verso; 'Furnace Nocturne K213 VI' (the VI superscript) at lower centre on the verso by Harold Wright |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2130205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.