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The Doorway

Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 27.1403
State: 14/20

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:James McNeill Whistler, possibly sold 1887 to The Fine Art Society, London, sold December 1888 to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a15494) for £5.12.0, sold to unknown collector in 1889. Horatio Greenough Curtis (d. about 1923, Boston); Mrs Horatio Greenough Curtis; bequeathed June or July 1927, received September 1940.  

 

Paper size:298 x 201 mm  
Plate mark size:293 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid, 'antique'  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:FELLOWS / 1804  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:deep, soft tone in the water, with the lines of the laid paper creating a grainy barer texture at times in the water; rich tone in water, moderate overall tone elsewhere dpb  
Note on foul biting:a dark area to right of the door.  
Print note:The shadows in the door look rubbed down to give a softer effect; very fine dpb  

 

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:[butterfly] 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 44-57 mm from left; pencil butterfly of ca 1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:MFA (Lugt 282)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 15494' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'si -' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1880605  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.