222NocturneFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.17 State: 1/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Otto H. Bacher (1856-1909) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 205 x 301 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 201 x 293 mm |
| Note on size: | very narrow margins |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial VAN GELDER |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Uneven traces of tone over the image area; inky fingerprints at the lower plate edge. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | This impression is probably a 'second pull' from a plate that was not reinked, as the platemark is deep but the etched lines are quite faint |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'Otto' square stamp (Otto H. Bacher, Lugt 2002) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'no 5' in ink on the recto within the plate mark; 'W150' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1840103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.