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The Doorway

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca
Accession no: 57.241

Collection credit:Bequest of William P. Chapman, Jr., Class of 1895.  
Image credit:Photo © Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. 21616). Colnaghi's, London (stock no. c8899). William P. Chapman, Jr; bequeathed to Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1957.  

 

Paper size:295 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:292 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:browned, medium weight  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:tone overall  
Note on foul biting:texturing, foul biting at edges  
Print note:fine impression with rich soft shadows; fresh shading at lower right corner  

 

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 on verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'selected for E. G. Kennedy-' on verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 44-57mm from left; butterfly of 1888/1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:pencil butterfly of 1888/1890s ditto on verso  
Collector's mark:'wpc jr' in graphite pencil on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 21616' deleted and 'c8899' verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1880712  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.