221The Two DoorwaysBritish MuseumAccession no: 1982-06-19-28 State: 5/13 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Thomas Agnew & Sons, London; sold to the British Museum, London, 1980. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50979 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | 209 x 296 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | |
| Note on the paper: | heavy weight paper with fibres that add texture |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | smooth soft wet wiping with vertical strokes in water, giving an effect like watercolour |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | good impression, with very fine shading, possibly rubbed down, in arch; good impression, possibly a proof |
| 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: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | butterfly of 1881; tab 43-65mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1930306 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.