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Doorway and Vine

Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession no: 1996.48.12293
State: 9/18

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art  
Provenance:George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996.  

 

Paper size:241 x 169 mm  
Plate mark size:232 x 169 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian  
Note on the paper:browned, darkened  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, carefully wiped, darker at the bottom; some light flecking in the foreground.  
Note on foul biting:a few light flecks  
Print note:Effective shadows.  

 

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:Pencil butterfly of 1885/1886.  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'T.C.' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1960503  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.