206Nocturne ShippingFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1903.122 State: 4/5 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (stock no. a 22641), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 152 x 220 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 152 x 218 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | With heavy tone, wiped cleaner across the lines of the image; the tone disturbed at lower left and lower right (dust on the plate when inked?) |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: |
| 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 59-70 mm from left, height 2 mm; butterfly poss. not by Whistler |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The butterfly signature is odd |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 22641' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W194 Nocturne Shipping' by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2230402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.