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Doorway and Vine

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 57.248

Collection credit:Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:Craibe Angus, Glasgow. William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957.  

 

Paper size:238 x 168 mm  
Plate mark size:231 x 168 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:Strasburg lily  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone  
Note on foul biting:speckles - a few  
Print note:warm black (looks black at top, dark brown in door)  

 

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 on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'C. Angus' on verso'  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:butterfly of 1886/1887; tab 33-47mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions: butterfly on verso of 1886/1887  
Collector's mark:'wpc jr' in graphite pencil on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1960907  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.