Art, literature & history
Nocturne: Furnace
1879–80
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink on fine ivory laid paper; eleventh state of twelve (Glasgow)
- Dimensions
- Plate: 6 9/16 × 9 1/16 in. (16.6 × 23 cm) Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 1/16 in. (16.6 × 23 cm)
- Collection no.
- 17.3.114
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Nocturne: Furnace. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Nocturne: Furnace — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1879–80.
Medium: Etching and drypoint, printed in dark brown ink on fine ivory laid paper; eleventh state of twelve (Glasgow). Dimensions: Plate: 6 9/16 × 9 1/16 in. (16.6 × 23 cm) Sheet: 6 9/16 × 9 1/16 in. (16.6 × 23 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.