Art, literature & history
Nocturne: Furnace
1879/80
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint with foul biting in dark brown ink on Asian laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image, trimmed within platemark: 16.8 × 23.1 cm (6 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.); Sheet: 17.5 × 23.1 cm (6 15/16 × 9 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1938.1909
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Nocturne: Furnace. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Nocturne: Furnace — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1879/80.
Medium: Etching and drypoint with foul biting in dark brown ink on Asian laid paper. Dimensions: Image, trimmed within platemark: 16.8 × 23.1 cm (6 5/8 × 9 1/8 in.); Sheet: 17.5 × 23.1 cm (6 15/16 × 9 1/8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
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.