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Doorway, Sandwich

Library of Congress
Accession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 307
State: 1/3

Collection credit:Pennell Fund, 1952  
Image credit:Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division  
Provenance:Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.  

 

Paper size:95 x 133 mm  
Plate mark size:95 x 133 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet was removed from a book, with discolouration along top and right sheet edges  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:pale tone, slightly heavier at left and bottom  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks  
Print note:lines at left and centre do not print clearly; this is the impression of the first state illustrated by Kennedy  

 

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 100 to 109 mm; h 2 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'HM' stamp and 'HM' in graphite (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342), and 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Doorway, Sandwich' and 'K.307' at lower left verso; '#16' at lower centre on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K3070105  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.