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The Dance House: Nocturne

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 407.2
State: 2/6

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1951  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Bought with the Pennell Fund (51006) by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC., 1951.  

 

Paper size:273 x 167 mm  
Plate mark size:272 x 167 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:light weight  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:selectively wiped, with light and heavy one and reflection at lower centre left wiped cleanest  
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:very small tab 39-48mm from left; butterfly of ca 1890  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K9868 J.5310', '02 84.048.174', '1131K/ 13 Mr 51' (or '13 My 51'), 'C 616/4', in different hands on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K4080001  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.