222NocturneMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 41.1.200 State: 6/9 |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Possibly acquired from Messrs Dowdeswell by Henry Studdy Theobald (b. 1847). Given by Felix Moritz Warburg (1871-1937) and his family to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1941. |
| Paper size: | 226 x 317 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 203 x 295 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japan |
| Note on the paper: | wove, japanese |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Light tone, lighter in the centre, darker to top and bottom, slightly uneven, and blotched at bottom left, soft, quite dark. |
| Note on foul biting: | Two or three dots. |
| Print note: | Soft drypoint, a lovely impression despite the uneven tone. |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '15.' in bottom left corner, possibly Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | butterfly of 1880/1881 |
| Collector's mark: | 'HST' blind stamp (Theobald, Lugt 1376); 'F.M.W.' stamp (Warburg), on verso; and an illegible pencil monogram |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1840325 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.