206Nocturne ShippingFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1907.365 State: 2/5 |  |
| 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, 1907; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 154 x 220 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 154 x 220 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The sheet was removed from a book; with an old [Dutch] inscription in brown ink on the verso |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | 'B / TH' in elaborated circle (Chicago watermark 62) |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | fairly heavy overall tone, wiped slightly cleaner over the lines of the middleground |
| Note on foul biting: | a few tiny pits and scratches on the sky and water |
| Print note: | This is pure drypoint |
| 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 50-66 mm from left, height 5 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'L/L/.' in script, upside-down, at lower right on the verso; 'W194 Trial - F.K + Co Nov 20/07' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2230202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.