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The Two Doorways

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46821
State: C/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 292 mm  
Plate mark size:200 x 292 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:inlaid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Strasbourg Lily watermark (partial)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:plate tone, darker alongside the platemark margins, no added tone in the densely cross-hatched areas  
Note on foul biting:granular tone, mostly on wall and in water close to wall  
Print note:short roulette wheel lines near lower balcony on right; cancelled with the lines of C1, more lines and a butterfly  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly, and cancelled with 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 41 mm from left margin, 4 x 14 mm; pencil 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:K1930802  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.