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193

The Doorway

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: Circ.168-1965
State: 19/20

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London  
Provenance:P. & D. Colnaghi, London; bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 13 March 1965, £160.0.0.  
Additional acq. no:EE.1C  

 

Paper size:299 x 201 mm  
Plate mark size:295 x 201 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:even distinct plate tone, lighter in centre (figure highlightened)  
Note on foul biting:various degrees of pitting and granular tone in the arches and grille; textured biting  
Print note:roulette marks, fingerprint on left edge 45mm from bottom  

 

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:on tab and verso lower right [butterfly]  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:verso three circles 'o' in a pyramid, 'W.O.'  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:44mm from left, 3 x 12mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1880708  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.