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Nocturne Shipping

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 223
State: 4/5

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1938  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 20245 or 20745). Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Dr H. McM. Painter, 1910. W.H. Bustin jr. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:172 x 229 mm  
Plate mark size:156 x 220 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:rich inking, horizontal wipin; plate edge or bevel wiped cleaner; slight picking at lower centre  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:warm brown ink; this is the impression of the fourth state illustrated by Kennedy; note that no signature was shown in the illustration (contrary to K's usual practice), that the pencil butterfly is close to the platemark, and that there is no trace of the top of it in the illustration (I.e. it appears to have been 'signed' after it was photographed for Kennedy, probable confirmation of false signature)  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:ex coll W.H. Bustin according to LC catalogue card  
Collector's mark:'W. H. Bustin' in graphite pencil on verso; 'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J. Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 20245' or 'a 20745' (cut off at the top so third numeral is not clear)  
Misc inscriptions by others:butterfly ' imp' not by Whistler; catalogue numbers, title and state in various hand on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2230403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.