221The Two DoorwaysMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.94 State: 6/13 |
Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Provenance: | Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
Paper size: | 204 x 293 mm |
Plate mark size: | 201 x 293 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
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: | light tone, with more at the bottom |
Note on foul biting: | extensive |
Print note: | a good sombre impression, with a little warmth from the colour of the ink |
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 1886; tab 47-66mm from left |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | no |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
ID: | K1930308 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.