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Nocturne: Palaces

Yale University Art Gallery
Accession no: 1927.76
State: 12/12

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 69107). Frederic George Achelis Memorial Collection, given by Miss Elizabeth Achelis to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1927.  

 

Paper size:299 x 196 mm  
Plate mark size:293 x 196 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:medium deep tone at the top, wiped in vertical sweeps, and deeper at the bottom, with a few blips at the bottom right corner where the ink has bubbled.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:a superb impression  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
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:pencil butterfly of 1886, tab 38-55 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'ACH' in red on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 69107'  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2020906  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.