200Nocturne: PalacesBritish MuseumAccession no: 1887-10-10-70 State: 11/12 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
Provenance: | Printed by Whistler for Messrs Dowdeswell, London, for publication, 1886; given by Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibadeau to the British Museum, London, 1887. |
Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA52112 |
Paper size: | 297 x 199 mm |
Plate mark size: | 291 x 199 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | off-white |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | darkened to buff |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | n/a |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | deep tone, carefully wiped with vertical strokes, dark at the top and bottom, lightest to left of the lantern |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | A beautiful controlled impression, two curious little blotted areas in bottom left quadrant as if oil had got into the ink. The burr has gone. |
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 49-63 mm from left; pencil butterfly of 1886 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | n/a |
Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K2020805 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.