252Cottage DoorBritish MuseumAccession no: 1907-4-8-4 State: 2/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Acquired by the British Museum, London, 1920. |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA52154 |
| Paper size: | 66 x 98 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 66 x 98 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: | ? |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light plate tone; somewhat darker in lower left; wiped across in a wide curve |
| Note on foul biting: | line of regular foul biting marks cutting off bottom right corner (from clamps?) |
| 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: | not on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | not on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 14 mm from left, 4 x 11 mm; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | n/a |
| Dealers' stock nos: | n/a |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | n/a |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2500204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.