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The Two Doorways

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1942.15.10
State: 7/13

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Given by Mr and Mrs J. Watson Webb to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, memory of Mr and Mrs H. O. Havemeyer, 1942.  
Additional acq. no:B-2446  

 

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:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:WW countermark  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with pale tone at the top and heavier tone over the base of the buildings and the water  
Note on foul biting:patches of and droplet on left most doorway and water at centre right; considerable foul biting, including areas with regular texture to right of open doorway and on buildings and water at right  
Print note:a small ink stain at upper right edge and a tiny ink spot on the buildings below it; a tiny fox mark near the sheet edge at lower 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:butterfly (upside down) at lower left on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 228 to 245mm from left, height 8mm; butterfly of 1886  

 

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

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1930405  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.