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Doorway and Vine

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 49968
State: Ca/18

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958.  

 

Paper size:238 x 170 mm  
Plate mark size:233 x 169 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:inlaid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:'VI' - possibly back-to-front 'IV' which is countermark to Strasbourg Lily / LVG (see Chicago, 1998, no. 197)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight print tone, uneven, darker in the lower right corner, at the lower left corner and along the edges  
Note on foul biting:pronounced pitting throughout; granular etched tone on column to right of arch and above archway  
Print note:some lines worn down in shadows of archway; cancelled state; drypoint lines have lost softness of burr.  

 

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:5 x 13 mm, 33 mm from left; butterfly of 1886/1888  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K196, X (Cancelled.)' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1961102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.