191Doorway and VineNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8655 |
Collection credit: | |
Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
Provenance: | Bought on 14 January 1928 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
Additional acq. no: | B-10655 |
Paper size: | 238 x 168 mm |
Plate mark size: | 235 x 168 mm |
Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
Colour of the paper: | light grey |
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
Note on the paper: | |
Tab?: | yes |
Watermarks: | S WISE & CO / 1825 (Chicago watermark K.320) |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Ink colour: | brown |
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
Print tone: | with pale tone, darker across the bottom, with vertical wiping marks |
Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks on a large patch at upper centre right near the plate edge |
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 40 to 55mm from left, height 5mm; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
Notes on inscriptions: | |
Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
Dealers' stock nos: | no |
Misc inscriptions by others: | '(DD855) 1000-' at lower right on the verso; K.196vi / Doorway & Vine' at lower centre on the verso by Harold Wright |
Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
ID: | K1960605 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.