193The DoorwayBoston Museum of Fine ArtsAccession no: 27.1403 State: 14/20 |
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| 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.