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Nocturne

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 38.1482
State: 9 e/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Fine Art Society, London, sold together with another impression of the same etching in July 1887 to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a12472) for £7.17.6; sold in 1888 to unidentified collector. Bequeathed by Nathaniel J. Kidder, October 1938. Boston Museum of Fine Arts  

 

Paper size:208 x 296 mm  
Plate mark size:202 x 296 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):modern laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:considerable overall, heavier top and bottom  
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 44-60 mm from left; pencil butterfly of 1885/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:MFA (Lugt 282)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 12472'  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1840420z  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.