193The DoorwayFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.385 State: 7/20 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 312 x 224 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 290 x 202 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | This is 'modern' laid (post 1800) paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching, drypoint and roulette |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | some tone near the plate edges at left and right an on the wate of the foreground |
| Note on foul biting: | granular foul biting over the top of the arched windows; the vice mark and acid droplets, visible in the second state, have been removed |
| Print note: |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp' |
| 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: | Pencil butterfly of 1880.1881. It appears that two different hands were used for the signature: one for the outlines of the butterfly and 'imp', and another for the shading on the butterfly (or it was added later) |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W154 The Doorway' at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1880302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.