200Nocturne: PalacesMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 40.63.8 State: 12/12 |
Collection credit: | Gift of Harold K. Hochschild, 1940 |
Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 37059). Margaret F. Everit. Given by Harold K. Hochschild to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1940. |
Paper size: | 299 x 199 mm |
Plate mark size: | 292 x 198 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | fine, darkened to buff |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | lovely vertical wiping |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: |
Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
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 45-65mm from left; pencil butterfly of 1886 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | (M.F. Everit, Lugt 1871) stamp |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 37059' on verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
Source of information: | Museum records |
ID: | K2020903 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.