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Nocturne: Furnace

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: EBGLISH 889
State: 6/12

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Provenance:Printed by F. Salmon, Paris, for Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibaudeau, 1886. Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949.  
Additional acq. no:P.1745  

 

Paper size:187 x 252 mm  
Plate mark size:166 x 229 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:pale buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:fine light-weight  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light overall tone, wiped clean on the forge area  
Note on foul biting:some dots, and marks round the edges  
Print note:A good impression with soft and even shadows on the forge; noticeably two depths of black patches of drypoint on the wall; very faint drypoint on the 'swan' (gondola) at left. And faint horizontal shading behind it.  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2130303  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.