208Nocturne: FurnaceNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8549 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
Provenance: | Bought on 31 March 1927 by by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
Additional acq. no: | B-10613 |
Paper size: | 174 x 230 mm |
Plate mark size: | 166 x 230 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | buff |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
Note on the paper: | The paper colour is ivory discoloured 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: | with heavy tone across the water in the foreground, lighter tone on the walls; the interior wiped cleaner |
Note on foul biting: | a few tiny acid droplets, most by the prow at left |
Print note: | This was formerly entered in the database as the second state. |
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: | tsb at 52 to 67 mm from left; butterfly of 1886 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
Dealers' stock nos: | 'c.13748' at lower centre on verso |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '2' at centre on the verso; '11' at lower center on the verso; '1878' at lowr right on the verso; 'Furnace Nocturne K213 VI' (the VI superscript) at lower centre on the verso by Harold Wright |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K2130205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.