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Nocturne: Palaces

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1887.9
State: 9/12

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1887; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:293 x 199 mm  
Plate mark size:293 x 199 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:partial; possibly Strasbourg Lily/ LVG (Chicago watermark 289)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:considerable plate tone at top and bottom, wiped cleaner at the centre, with distinct, slightly diagonal wiping marks; tone slightly mottled at lower left (picking)  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks  
Print note:The plate tone has a burry, watery consistency  

 

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 47-63 mm from left, height 6 mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

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

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2020702  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.