193The DoorwayFitzwilliam Museum, CambridgeAccession no: P.2-2008 State: 11/20 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bought from the Gow Fund with the help of the Art Fund and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK |
| Provenance: | Deprez & Gutekunst, London, 1891, sold for £6.0.0 to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, (stock books); sold in 1891 to an unknown collector. Harris Schrank Fine Prints, New York; consigned to Christie’s sale, New York, 1 May 2007 lot 22 ($38,400); bought by C. G. Boerner; sold to Fitzwilliam Museum, 2008. |
| Paper size: | 298 x 206 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 294 x 200 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | tan |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching, drypoint and roulette |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | deep tone, mostly at the bottom, wiped vertically, with an effect almost like fine brushstrokes at right. |
| Note on foul biting: | some texture/grainy effects. |
| Print note: | A very good impression, with uneven inking at the edges, particularly at lower left and right. |
| 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 1886 on big tab 49-69mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 19900' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'C // a19900 // exceptionally fine // em- // 611.' written sideways one verso. |
| Source of information: | WEP |
| ID: | K1880619 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.