208Nocturne: FurnaceDetroit Institute of ArtsAccession no: 42.148 |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Mrs Ralph Harman Booth. |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Given by Mrs Ralph Harman Booth to the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1942. |
| Paper size: | 174 x 231 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 169 x 231 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | areas of dark tone, particularly at upper right, lower left, in shadows around doorway; wiped more cleanly in doorway, also sweep from wiping on left |
| Note on foul biting: | pitting at upper right, lower right and by gondola |
| Print note: | sweeping wipe marks, vertical accented curves near gondola and below doorway, horizontal in foreground and near edges; reticulation of ink at right, also left edge |
| 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: | 49 mm from left; tab 5 x 14 mm; pencil butterfly on tab |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '56066' on verso, lower right corner 'ax-' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Nocturne furnace', 'A 2148' at lower left on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2130707 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.