200Nocturne: PalacesUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1954/1.387 State: 9/12 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker |
| Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York, 1904; bought by Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954. |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | 292 x 199 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Extensive slightly uneven tone, with a lighter band horizontally across the centre; distinct right-left and vertical wiping at right, across the top of the palace |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'superb proof' on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | the tab is partly detached at right; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of about 1886/1888 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'R.675' at lower left on verso; '168' on verso of the tab |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2020709 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.