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The Doorway

Brooklyn Museum
Accession no: 57.188.70
State: 18/20

Collection credit:Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs Charles Pratt  
Image credit:Photo © Brooklyn Museum  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 23971? ). Mrs Charles Pratt; given in 1957 to the Brooklyn Museum.  

 

Paper size:298 x 203 mm  
Plate mark size:294 x 203 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:dark ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:heavy weight, browned  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, more at the edges  
Note on foul biting:texture and dots  
Print note:good impression, strong new work on steps  

 

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:1886/1887; tab 41 - 54mm from left, pencil butterfly of 1887/1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 23971' (?) erased on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:' -x2-' on verso; 'x-1903' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1880z14  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.