193The DoorwayNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP+ State: 7/20 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910) |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 315 x 222 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 292 x 201 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | wove |
| Note on the paper: | Japanese thick - japanese type |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | overall tone, more at bottom, clearer on steps |
| Note on foul biting: | texturing, dots |
| Print note: | vigorous roulette marks, beautiful drypoint in the door, very soft |
| 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: | 'butterfly 'imp.' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | butterfly of 1880/1 |
| Collector's mark: | 'S. P. AVERY COLLECTION' stamp on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '154' top left |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1880301 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.