221The Two DoorwaysHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46611 State: 13/13 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935 |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; given by her to the University of Glasgow, 1935. |
| Paper size: | 204 x 293 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 200 x 293 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | inlaid |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Pro Patria |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | brown/black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | plate tone, a dark 'frame of tone' along the platemark edge; added tone to the dark, densely cross-hatched areas |
| Note on foul biting: | granular tone across plate, heaviest on wall and in water near wall |
| Print note: | short roulette wheel lines near lower balcony on 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: | 42 mm from left margin, 4 x 13; butterfly of 1888/1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'RBP' in form of trefoil in circle (Rosalind Birnie Philip, variation on Lugt 405) on verso. |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1930604 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.