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The Two Doorways

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46820
State: 12/13

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958.  

 

Paper size:202 x 293 mm  
Plate mark size:199 x 293 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:inlaid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
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:partly heavy granular tone pits in all sizes and densities, mostly used in wall and the water near it  
Print note:short roulette wheel lines near lower balcony on right; creases (probably form printing) in the dark left doorway  

 

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:tab 39 mm from left margin, 3 x 12 mm; butterfly of 1888/1890  

 

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  
ID:K1930701  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.