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Doorway and Vine

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: 2005.262

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell  
Image credit:  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 49605). E. M. Henn. Given by Patricia Cornwell to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 2005.  

 

Paper size:238 x 172 mm  
Plate mark size:233 x 169 mm  
Other size:tab 9mm high mm  
Note on size:Trimmed to 1-2 mm outside the platemark.  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none visible  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:moderate overall, slight extra on pavement at bottom (possibly rubbed).  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The shading and detail within the door is sharp.  

 

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:The tab is large, around a normal sized butterfly dating from ca 1886.  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:verso, circular stamp in black ink with monogram 'CHM' Henn (Lugt 872b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 49605' on verso, crossed out; 'H 1351 D'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'2nd State (Trial M)' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1960202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.