422The Door of the Chapel, MontrésorArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.557 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 533 |
| Paper size: | 182 x 121 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 177 x 121 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | Dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | A good impression |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly; very faint trace of an earlier butterfly in the foreground at centre |
| 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: | '(No 17)' at lower left verso (the 'o' raised) and '1st Proof' at lower right verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly of 1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Illegible letters [possibly 'RAC' or 'PAC'?] at lower centre verso may be collector's initials |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3950102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.