Nocturne Furnace

James Abbott McNeill Whistlerca. 1880

Details

Title: Nocturne Furnace
Creator: James McNeill Whistler
Date Created: ca. 1880
Subject Keywords: Italy, Venice
Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in pencil on tab, lower left: butterfly monogram and “imp.”; inscribed in plate, lower center: butterfly monogram; inscribed in pencil on verso: “Unique trial proof before publishd state/very scarce/Furnace Nocturne”
Set or Series Title: A Set of Twenty-six Etchings (The Second Venice Set)
Print State: Third of eight states
Object Type: Prints, works of art
Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Bequest of George W. Davison (B.A. Wesleyan 1892), 1953
Materials & Techniques: Etching and drypoint printed in brown ink on laid paper. Watermark: VI
Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
Edition: From the set "A Set of Twenty-six Etchings," known as the "Second Venice Set," published by Dowdeswell in 1886
Dimensions: 1903
Bibliography: Kennedy 213 iii/viii; original DAC catalog card has: “Reproduced from this (HLQ) from Keppel to H.L.Q. Wunderlich and CO. 66705”
Associated People: Created by James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903)
Accession Number: 1953.D1.7

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