191Doorway and VineHunterian Art GalleryAccession 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.