191Doorway and VineHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 49968 State: Ca/18 |  |
| 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: | 238 x 170 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 233 x 169 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: | 'VI' - possibly back-to-front 'IV' which is countermark to Strasbourg Lily / LVG (see Chicago, 1998, no. 197) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | slight print tone, uneven, darker in the lower right corner, at the lower left corner and along the edges |
| Note on foul biting: | pronounced pitting throughout; granular etched tone on column to right of arch and above archway |
| Print note: | some lines worn down in shadows of archway; cancelled state; drypoint lines have lost softness of burr. |
| 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: | 5 x 13 mm, 33 mm from left; butterfly of 1886/1888 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K196, X (Cancelled.)' on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1961102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.