208Nocturne: FurnaceBritish MuseumAccession no: 1887-10-10-85 State: 12/12 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Printed by Whistler for Messrs Dowdeswell, London, for publication, 1886; given by Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibadeau to the British Museum, London, 1887. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA52135 |
| Paper size: | 176 x 230 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 169 x 230 mm |
| Note on size: | tab 55-73 from left |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | fine wiping of tone, expressive, with lighter areas for lights and their reflections, darker for shadows, soft vertical strokes in the water and radiating outwards towards top and left |
| Note on foul biting: | a few dots |
| Print note: | fine impression, beautifully wiped; extremely soft shadow of furnace, and light inking within the door; soft effect too at the edges, with a curious diagonal wedge along the top at right that looks a little blurred; cross-hatching possiblyrubbed down; a couple of white dots to left of bottom of window, and below the door |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '85 / No 23'' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2130703 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.