193The DoorwayArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.578 State: 4/20 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 533 |
| Paper size: | 296 x 204 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 292 x 204 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Arms of Amsterdam |
| Medium: | etching, drypoint and roulette |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Deep, dark drypoint lines define the upper body of the front leaning figure; small gray scraped or partially burnished patches to left of the bending figure's feet, body and head; sugar/sand/salt grain across the arches of the doorway and more regular tone (lavis?) above the right window; pronounced mechanically added tone in the water (presumably roulette work); tonal medium possibly added in the darkest shadows of interior to reinforce the etched lines and the grid of the rear window may show the use of stopping-out; a series of scratches (vise mark) at lower centre print distinctly. Marks of roulette visible across the bottom of the water. |
| 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: | the pencil butterfly dates from the 1890s |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Circular stamp with Japanese letters (Bryan Lathrop, Lugt 2972) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1880310 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.