208Nocturne: FurnaceScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: EBGLISH 889 State: 6/12 |  |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Provenance: | Printed by F. Salmon, Paris, for Messrs Dowdeswell and Thibaudeau, 1886. Ernest Stephen Lumsden (1883-1968); bought from Mrs E. S. Lumsden by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1949. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.1745 |
| Paper size: | 187 x 252 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 166 x 229 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | pale buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | fine light-weight |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light overall tone, wiped clean on the forge area |
| Note on foul biting: | some dots, and marks round the edges |
| Print note: | A good impression with soft and even shadows on the forge; noticeably two depths of black patches of drypoint on the wall; very faint drypoint on the 'swan' (gondola) at left. And faint horizontal shading behind it. |
| 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: | no |
| 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: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2130303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.