193The DoorwayNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.1886 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 36481). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-4831 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | medium/heavy weight 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: | with considerable tone over the water in the foreground; the window panes in the interior have been separately wiped |
| Note on foul biting: | over the tops of the three arches |
| Print note: | The deeply inked tone is slightly uneven, with soft dark areas. roulette work in the water is barely visible under the heavy plate tone |
| 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: | butterfly at lower left on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Mr. Rawlinson -' at lower left on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 35-56mm from left; height 7mm; butterfly of ca 1880 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 36481' and 'C27111' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'No 89' and 'No 34' (crossed out); '49-98 [illegible]; 'chagrin. Blanc no 34 / biseau cr.[?] avex encoche / pour voir l'autographe'; '188' all in different hands on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1880406 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.