191Doorway and VineFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1902.231 State: 3/18 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co. (receipt 29 October 1902), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1902; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 238 x 173 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 234 x 170 mm |
| Note on size: | with very narrow margins outside the plate mark |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | hunting horn (Chicago watermark 182) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale plate tone, slightly darker at the upper left and darkest over the lower quarter of the plate |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and small patches near the plate edges |
| Print note: |
| 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 45-65 mm from left, height 4 mm; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W161 First undescribed state' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer; '16' (?) at upper left on the verso; 'Fox (or c next to reversed c) . 0 with slash' on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1960302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.