193The DoorwayFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.92 State: 20/20 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Given by Miss R. Birnie Philip to Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | 292 x 202 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | mfm: Very dark rich tone in the water mh: that richness is largely due to the inking of lines on that area of the plater; there is also considerable ink in and over the lines of the interior. |
| Note on foul biting: | Foul biting along the plate edges at left and right; acid droplets over the lattice-work at right and fine granular foul (or intentional) biting over the lattice-work at left |
| Print note: | Note that this dramatic impression, with heavily inked lines and very contrasty printing, was printed by Goulding. |
| 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): | 'F. Goulding, Printer / Dec 4. 1903' in graphite on at lower left on the verso |
| Notes on inscriptions: | The 'S' on the verso may be a '5'--denoting an impression number. |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W 154 Printed by Goulding, 1904. / Gift from Miss Birnie-Philip, June, 1904. Included in SI.' by C.L. Freer in the lower margin on the recto; 'S' at lower left on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1880702 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.