222NocturneHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46804 State: 3/9 |  |
| 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: | 283 x 379 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 201 x 292 mm |
| Note on size: | uneven edges |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'VAN GELDER' |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | pale grey pen (or brush?) & ink (or wash?) over deck of & behind stern of steamer; these are close horizontals & slight left-right diagonals; possibly an area of wash to right of steamer's stern |
| Print tone: | extremely slight and fairly even |
| Note on foul biting: | minor, particularly along the horizon line, and a few pits elsewhere |
| Print note: |
| 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: | recto, lower left below platemark, pencil: butterfly 'imp - 1st. [superscript] state - 1st. [superscript] Proof -'; 'Venice 1879.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1st state - 1st proof - Venice 1879' |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | trial ink or wash marks at lower left sheet corner; probably related to ink or wash additions |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K184, I' recto, lower right corner; '8' verso, lower right corner. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1840102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.