Double Doorway, Sandwich |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.492) | |
| Number: | 322 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 70 x 110 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.306; M.301 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
KEYWORD
children, door, , shop, shop-front.
TITLE
Variations on the title, mostly in punctuation, are as follows:
'Double Doorway - Sandwich' (Wunderlich's to Whistler). 1
'Double Doorway, Sandwich' (1898, Wunderlich's). 2
'A Double Doorway, Sandwich' (1900, Caxton Club). 3
'Double Doorway, Sandwich' (1909, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 4
'Doorway; Lawrence St. Chelsea' (1903/1935, possibly Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958)). 5
'Double Doorway, Sandwich' is the generally accepted title.
The reference to Lawrence Street was almost certainly a mistake, caused by confusion between this etching and yet another doorway subject, Little Steps, Chelsea 269.
'Double Doorway - Sandwich' (Wunderlich's to Whistler). 1
'Double Doorway, Sandwich' (1898, Wunderlich's). 2
'A Double Doorway, Sandwich' (1900, Caxton Club). 3
'Double Doorway, Sandwich' (1909, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 4
'Doorway; Lawrence St. Chelsea' (1903/1935, possibly Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958)). 5
'Double Doorway, Sandwich' is the generally accepted title.
The reference to Lawrence Street was almost certainly a mistake, caused by confusion between this etching and yet another doorway subject, Little Steps, Chelsea 269.
1: [August 1897], GUW #07289.
2: New York 1898 (cat. no. 197).
3: Chicago 1900 (cat. no. E291a).
4: Kennedy 1902[more] (cat. no. 271).
5: Envelope containing copper plate, University of Glasgow from Whistler's estate' (see k262)
DESCRIPTION
The ground floor facade of a building, drawn parallel to the edges of the plate. To the left of centre are adjoining doors with pillars supporting a triangular pediment. The one on the right opens into a passage lit by a window at the far end. To right of these doors is a third door, which opens into a small shop with a large many-paned shop window. Goods and a woman are just visible in the shop. In front of the window at right there is a group of three children, one reaching into a box on the pavement. The sill of a first-floor window is just visible at upper right.
SITE
St Peter Street, near the church of St Peter, in the town of Sandwich in south-east Kent, England. It shows 3-5 St Peter Street, reversed in the print as usual. The building at the right was originally the Old Town Gaol, until it was replaced in 1829. 6
6: Hopkinson 2001[more].
Whistler etched several street scenes in Sandwich including The Cock and the Pump 321 and Salvation Army, Sandwich 319.