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193

The Doorway

Whereabouts unknown
Accession no: n/a
State: 9/20

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Thomas Neilson Brown, bought from P and D. Colnaghi and Co., London. The Fine Art Society, London, 2007. Present whereabouts unknown.  

 

Paper size:295 x 204 mm  
Plate mark size:295 x 204 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:nearly clean wiped at the top, but lovely wet effect of tone wiped vertically in the water  
Note on foul biting:texture and some spotting at the right side  
Print note:a fine impression in dark brown/warm black ink, very good effect in the doorway.  

 

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:pencil butterfly of 1885/1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'2' on verso  

 

Source of information:Dealer's records  
ID:K1880410  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.