208Nocturne: FurnaceArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.596 State: 9/12 |
Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
Additional acq. no: | 14307 (R 533 - old acq no) |
Paper size: | 174 x 231 mm |
Plate mark size: | 169 x 231 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | cream |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | black |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | printed with plate tone, heaviest around the doorway and in the water. |
Note on foul biting: | |
Print note: |
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 dates from 1886. |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '10' upside down at centre verso; '3H' upside down or 'HE' at centre verso; 'Ex.' in script at lower right verso |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K2130602 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.