222NocturneColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.387 State: 9 e/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago, 1910. C. G. Boerner, New York; bought from Artemis, New York, by Peter Lunder, 11 October 2001; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007. - check given to Colby |
| Additional acq. no: | 024.2002 |
| Paper size: | 201 x 298 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 200 x 297 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | IV |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Beautiful wiping of tone, radiating out from the horizon |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 82-105 from left; pencil butterfly of 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394) ; 'J.H.W' stamp on tab (J.H. Wrenn, L.1475) on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '5-5-0' (possibly by Whistler); 'J. H. Wrenn' ; 'The Nocturne' ; '116', on verso in various hands |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1840401 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.