455The Dance House: NocturneHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46996 State: 1/6 |  |
| 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: | 276 x 169 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 273 x 169 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | HK (or HR?) countermark |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone over the entire image except for the area of the lights' reflections in the water |
| Note on foul biting: | foul biting at edges and foreground |
| Print note: | Kennedy's states are in the wrong order (his II is earlier than I), and this is earlier than either state described by Kennedy as well as the earliest state at the HAG; it is executed in pure etching in this state. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly on verso in pencil |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st. [superscript 'st'] proof pulled' on verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 27 mm from left; tab 3 x 12 mm; pencil butterfly on tab |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K.408 Nocturne: Dance House / Amsterdam'; 'Before I' verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K4080000 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.