191Doorway and VineNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1942.15.13 State: 3/18 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
Provenance: | Given by Mr and Mrs J. Watson Webb to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, memory of Mr and Mrs H. O. Havemeyer, 1942. |
Additional acq. no: | B-2449 |
Paper size: | 247 x 175 mm |
Plate mark size: | 234 x 170 mm |
Note on size: | with narrow margins and long tab (trimmed by JMW?) |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | ivory |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | hunting horn in shield |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | dark brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | with pale overall tone, heavier at the top, left and bottom with curving horizontal wiping marks at the bottom |
Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and a large patch at upper centre right near the plate edge |
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: | 'Whistler' (upside down) at lower right on the verso |
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
Note on the tab: | tab 39 to 58mm from left, height 11mm; butterfly of 1886 |
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: | K1960305 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.