222NocturneKupferstichkabinett BerlinAccession no: 461-1882 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin |
Provenance: | Alphonse Wyatt Thibaudeau (ca 1840 - d.1892), London; sold to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1882, as part of a group of 301 prints for £685.7.3. |
Paper size: | 225 x 313 mm |
Plate mark size: | 202 x 294 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Japanese |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | no |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | varied use of tone |
Note on foul biting: | fine pitting in centre below horizon; some loose pits in sky |
Print note: | paper fibres render an interesting surface effect |
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' lower left in pencil |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
Note on the tab: | - |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | verso oval stamp of the Kupferstichkabinett |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '6' in left margin |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K1840413 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.