203Nocturne: SaluteFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.198 State: 8/10 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 154 x 228 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 154 x 228 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with considerable tone, wiped more cleanly over the the buildings in the centre; ray-like wiping marks at the top and vertical wiping marks at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | the foul biting at right has been removed; acid droplets are faintly visible at lower left (obscured by tone) |
| Print note: | I believe state II (see FGA 1908.5) is likely pure etching as the additions on this impression are clearly drypoint and the other lines appear to be etching |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| 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: | tab 58-76 mm from left, height 7mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W150' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2260502 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.