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191

Doorway and Vine

Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh
Accession no: ENGLISH 890
State: 3/18

Collection credit:Scottish National Gallery  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1910. Purchased from the Estate of Sir Donald Pollok by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1964.  
Additional acq. no:P.2550  

 

Paper size:247-251 x 185 mm  
Plate mark size:230 x 167 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:pale buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:fine laid lines, possibly an Asian paper  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:the print has rather a flat, bare effect; note switch from the left window downwards to left top of arch - it is spring, and the vine is in leaf. The two distant figures are very soft and smudgy.  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

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

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1960304  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.