222NocturneBaltimore Museum of ArtAccession no: 1946.112.8114 State: 6/9 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Garrett collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | John Work Garrett Collection; given by his sons, Robert and Thomas Harrison Garrett to Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1946. |
| Paper size: | - mm |
| Plate mark size: | 202 x 297 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Slightly uneven wiping, diagonal at top right, a blot at bottom left |
| Note on foul biting: | A line of dots at right |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp' in pencil under platemark |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'o / w.' to right under platemark |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The pencil butterfly dates from 1880/1881; the letters may indicate a printing, exhibiting or selling sequence |
| Collector's mark: | |
| Dealers' stock nos: | |
| Misc inscriptions by others: |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1840304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
