193The DoorwayFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.384 State: 3/20 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy, 1910 as having been owned by Frederick Keppel (1845-1912), New York. Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., (receipt, 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 315 x 224 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 292 x 201 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | uneven tone onther façade and water; dark spots on the shadows within the doorway appear to be inking rather than drypoint burr; with an inky plate mark at left and right |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; acid droplets at left; a vice mark a lower centre |
| Print note: | This appears to be the impression of the second state illustrated in Kennedy |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W154 The Doorway - Trial Proof.' at lower centre on the recto by C.L. Freer; 'W.154' at lower left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1880202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.