252Cottage DoorMetropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 17.3.132 State: 2/2 |
| Collection credit: | Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917. |
| Paper size: | 68 x 99 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 65 x 98 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | very dark ivory |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | even tone overall - more at left |
| Note on foul biting: | vice mark, at bottom right |
| Print note: | good dry point in door and on central child |
| 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: | tiny tab 1887/butterfly in pencil, tab 19-29, from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '27' on verso (could be by JW) |
| Source of information: | Museum records |
| ID: | K2500205 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.