222NocturneWesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.Accession no: 1947.D1.292 State: 9 e/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Davison Art Center |
| Image credit: | Photo © Wesleyan University |
| Provenance: | W.G. Rawlinson; Albert W. Scholle; gift of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), to Wesleyan University, 1947 |
| Paper size: | 205x294 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 201x294 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | |
| Colour of the paper: | |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | Yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | |
| 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: | Butterfly on verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | On verso: 'selected proof' |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | Butterfly 'imp' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | On verso: 'This is the proof that Whistler selected and exhibited in London when the Venice set was first shown. It comes from the collection of Mr. Rawlinson to whom Whistler sold it F.K.' (Frederick Keppel) |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K1840408 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.