208Nocturne: FurnaceFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.192 State: 3/12 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 171 x 233 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 168 x 232 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | IT countermark (Chicago watermark 189) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | considerable tone; with the interior, parts of the water below it and the wall to left of it wiped cleaner |
| Note on foul biting: | a few small patches: at upper right on the wall, at lower centre right on the water, and at lower left on the gondola prow |
| Print note: | There is the distinct look of 'rubbing down' on the dark lines of shading to the left of the man in the interior |
| 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: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '15' at lower left on the verso; 'W183 Furnace Nocturne Early State from T Way June/05' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2130202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.