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The Doorway

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 17.3.90
State: 14/20

Collection credit:Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 14234). Bought from the collection of Harris Brisbane Dick (1835-1916), with the Dick Fund, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1917.  

 

Paper size:309 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:302 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:possibly laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:deep tone, particularly in water  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:soft, faceless figure blending into shadows in 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:pencil butterfly of ca 1887, tab 46-59mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:n/a  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 14234'  
Misc inscriptions by others:n/a  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1880608  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.