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Nocturne

Frick Collection
Accession no: 1915.3.42

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Frick Collection  
Provenance:Henry Clay Frick Bequest to The Frick Collection, New York, 1915.  

 

Paper size:205 x 297 mm  
Plate mark size:203 x 295 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese wove  
Note on the paper:heavy weight  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Delicately wiped, smooth in the sky and sea  
Note on foul biting:Line of dots of foul biting at right in the sea.  
Print note:Diagonal \\\ scratches above San Giorgio  

 

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 26-48 from left -; butterfly of 1880/1881  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1840z07  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.