200Nocturne: PalacesBibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographieAccession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 2 State: 11/12 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France |
Provenance: | Atherton Curtis (1863-1944), Paris (no. 4915); given in 1943 to the Cabinet des estampes, Bibliothèque nationale de France |
Additional acq. no: | D.07374 |
Paper size: | 301 x 199 mm |
Plate mark size: | 294 x 199 mm |
Note on size: | paper size includes tab |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | fine, canvas-like surface/texture |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | n/a |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | various shades of tone, darkest to upper and lower margins |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: | ink reticulation in water, pitting lower right corner, some also in sky upper right |
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: | on tab |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | 32 mm from left, 6 x 14 mm; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | recto red oval stamp 'B.N. EST' (Lugt 400) / black stamp 'D.07374' |
Dealers' stock nos: | |
Misc inscriptions by others: |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2020810 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.