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Nocturne: Salute

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 226
State: 7/10

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1952  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bought with the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:150 x 228 mm  
Plate mark size:150 x 228 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:considerable tone, selectively wiped; surface fibres disturbed, affecting tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:the impression illustrated by Kennedy for the fourth state (the touched-up loss at lower centre left is visible in K's illustration); not fifth state as catalogued by LC  

 

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:at 70 to 79 mm; height 7 mm; butterfly of 1885/1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:hinged to mat so verso not examined  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342) and 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a), according to LC catalogue card  
Dealers' stock nos:n/a  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2260507  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.