222NocturneBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 33.15 State: 8/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Robert Treat Paine, 2nd, 1933 |
| Image credit: | Photo © 2011 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Provenance: | James McNeill Whistler, possibly sold in 1887 to The Fine Art Society, London, sold together with another impression of the same etching in July 1887 to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a13489) for£7.17.6; sold in 1888 to Henry Harper Benedict (1844-1935), New York. Robert Treat Paine, II, Boston; given to Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 1933. |
| Paper size: | 211 x 296 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 201 x 296 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid, 'antique' |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid paper with partial, sideways 'MV' [?] or a zig-zag |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | W W |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Lovely tone, wiped upwards vertically in the sky, and softly, slightly unevenly, horizontally across the water; considerable tone overall, heavier top and bottom, quite splotchy at bottom dpb |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A fine impression |
| 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: | 59-79mm from left dpb; 1886/87 butterfly |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'HHB' stamp (H.H. Benedict, Lugt 2936); MFA (Lugt 282) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 13489' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'The Nocturne' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1840320 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.