221The Two DoorwaysBibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographieAccession no: Rés EC 123 Folio 2 State: 5/13 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo courtesy of Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Provenance: | Atherton Curtis (1863-1944), Paris (no. 4939); given in 1943 to the Cabinet des estampes, Bibliothèque nationale de France |
| Additional acq. no: | D.07374 |
| Paper size: | 225 x 311/308 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 201 x 292 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | n/a |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light tone in water below etched area, elsewhere even residual tone |
| Note on foul biting: | varieties of granular tone (left) and pitting across wall |
| Print note: |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'o' in margin below doorway on left |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: | - |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | butterfly of 1881 |
| Collector's mark: | recto red oval stamp 'B.N. EST' (Lugt 400) / black stamp lower right corner 'D.07374' |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1930312 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.