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Doorway, Sandwich

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1903.49
State: 3/3

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 20 March 1903), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:95 x 133 mm  
Plate mark size:95 x 133 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The paper colour is ivory discoloured to buff.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:partial PRO PATRIA  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light overall tone, darker along the right plate edge.  
Note on foul biting:Very few scattered flecks  
Print note:Interesting that the new/increased shading was added in etching rather than drypoint.  

 

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:'Doorway Sandwich' at lower right on the verso, followed by '?', possibly by Whistler  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 30-41 mm from left, height 3 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'176' at lower left on the verso; 'W272' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3070202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.