422The Door of the Chapel, MontrésorFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.18 State: 1/1 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., (receipt, 1889), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 181 x 127 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 177 x 127 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 |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale overall tone, heavier along the top, right and bottom plate marks |
| Note on foul biting: | a few scattered flecks |
| Print note: | There are faint remnants of earlier work at lower left and lower right |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'MINISTERE DE LA GUERRE' on poster within the dooway |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '(3.)' at lower left on the verso, possibly by Whistler |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 25-34 mm from left, height 4 mm |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W341' and lower left on the verso and 'undescribed / Doorway Chapel of Montresor' at lower centre on the verso, both by C.L. Freer. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K3950103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.