193The DoorwayArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1878 State: 9/20 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 5750 |
| Paper size: | 302 x 205 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 290 x 202 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching, drypoint and roulette |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | heavy plate tone at the lower portion of the image |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Medium: more pronounced tonal medium (possibly lavis or softground) added over the grill of the window at right, beneath it and on the door and its frame at the right; there is evidence of stopping-out around the lattice of the grill-work; roulette work visible beneath the heavy plate tone on the lower portion of image; the series of scratches (vise mark) visible at lower centre in 1934.578 removed; possibly strengthened tonal medium over much of the area within the doorway? |
| 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: |
| 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 |
| ID: | K1880402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.