222NocturneMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.86 State: 6/9 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | John Pomeroy Townsend (1832-1898), New York. Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 214 x 298 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 202 x 297 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | pale cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | Asian? |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | deep soft tone, slightly abraded so fibres show; graduated tone, wiped with strokes radiating from horizon |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | warm black ink, umber effect in tone; hazy effects, powerful image with hazy storm-threatening atmosphere, and misty drypoint gondola. |
| 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 of 1880/1881; tab 52-73 mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'hts' blindstamp;'JPT' blue stamp (J.P. Townsend, not in Lugt) on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1840306 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.