200Nocturne: PalacesNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1942.15.19 State: 6/12 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy, 1910 as owned by Mrs H.O. Havemeyer; given by Mr and Mrs J. Watson Webb to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, memory of Mr and Mrs H. O. Havemeyer, 1942. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-2455 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Strasbourg Lily / 'FI' (script) (Chicago watermarks 284 and 285) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with dark triangular areas of tone at top and bottom, with distinct vertical and horizontal wiping marks; some speckling in light tone at lower left (from dust?) |
| Note on foul biting: | a few scattered flecks |
| Print note: | this is the impression of the fourth state reproduced by Kennedy |
| 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.' at lower left on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 38 to 57mm from left, height 7mm; butterfly of ca 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | butterfly of 1888/1890 on the verso |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2020806 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.