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The Door of the Chapel, Montrésor

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1946.21.180
State: 1/1

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 23970). Robert Hartshorne (d. 1927), New York. Given by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1946.  
Additional acq. no:B-13761  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:The paper colour is almost light grey  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:traces of tone along the edges and over the etched work  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks  
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 26 to 36 mm from left; height 4 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Robert Hartshorne (Lugt 2215b)  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 23970' (underlined) at lower right on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'minister de la Guerre / Montrésor' at lower right on the verso; 'Chapelle Montresor / Do' (the Do in script) at lower centre on the verso, both; 'nm-' at lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K3950104  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.