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Nocturne: Furnace

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 1972.49

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; purchased by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Lee M. Friedman Fund, February 1972.  

 

Paper size:172 x 230 mm  
Plate mark size:167 x 230 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):modern laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:considerable overall tone, except doorway with blacksmith - the wiping is horizontal at sides, vertical at bottom  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:a good 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:52-66 mm from left;pencil butterfly of 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:MFA (Lugt 282)  
Dealers' stock nos:'K 2374' crossed out; 'COM 8085' crossed out; 'C. 6517'  
Misc inscriptions by others:97 [circled] 7 K. 213 vi  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2130604  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.