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Nocturne: Furnace

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46876
State: 4/12

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958.  

 

Paper size:241 x 305 mm  
Plate mark size:169 x 232 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:Strasbourg Lily / VG (see Chicago, 1998, no. 289 - VG in same position but L not visible (LVG))  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:uneven, concentrated in the lower right corner, around the doorway and in the upper left corner  
Note on foul biting:pitting, particularly around gondola, lower edge and upper right corner; foul biting along edges  
Print note:mottled effect from wiping, ink on scrim leaving residue on plate, e.g. lower left corner; wipe marks evident particularly lower right and upper left corners.  

 

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:46 mm from left; tab 8 x 16 mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K.212, II' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2130203  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.