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Double Doorway, Sandwich

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 306
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1938  
Image credit:  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 35168). John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago. Purchased from the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:70 x 109 mm  
Plate mark size:70 x 109 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
Note on foul biting:a few scattered flecks; patches in foreground in front of three doors  
Print note:Some lines under pediment of double doors are either poorly inked, weak or worn  

 

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:at 14 to 254 mm; h 3 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:John H. Wrenn (Lugt 1475); 'ERJP' in circle (E. R. & J.Pennell, Lugt suppl. 874a); Bentley collection (according to inscription on verso; no stamp and not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 35168' underlined at lower left verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Bentley Collection'; various title and catalogue inscriptions  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3060205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.