193The DoorwayHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46817 State: 15/20 |
Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958 |
Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958. |
Paper size: | 301 x 202 mm |
Plate mark size: | 294 x 202 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | off-white |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | inlaid |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | no |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | There is a light print tone on the arches. The plate has been wiped more cleanly on the right side. There is a varied use of tone in the water; the ink is wiped vertically on the left and horizontally on the right in the water. There are diagonal wipe lines at the left edge and residual ink in the upper left corner. |
Note on foul biting: | Granular tone is used in the arches. There is also pitting and single pits within the doorway. |
Print note: | There are roulette wheel lines running in different directions in the top half of the water and distinctive reticulation of ink in the foreground. There is a possible crease line at the centre of the lower edge. |
Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
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: | 7 x 19 mm; 38 mm from left |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '5' upper left verson; 'K-188, VI-VII (a)' on verso, at the lower right |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K1880611 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.