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Nocturne: Palaces

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 59.818
State: 8/12

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Francis Bullard (1862-1913), Boston; private collection; anonymous gift to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, November 1959.  

 

Paper size:303 x 198 mm  
Plate mark size:296 x 198 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Pro Patria  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:considerable tone upper and lower third - façade of palace at left pretty cleanly wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Fine quality of lines on the balcony, a good impression  

 

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 57-78 mm from left, butterfly dates from 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); 'FB' Bullard (Lugt 982); MFA (Lugt 282)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:W. 168  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2020605  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.