221The Two DoorwaysArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1954.52 State: 5/13 |  |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Stanley Field |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. A 54349). Given by Stanley Field to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1954. |
| Additional acq. no: | RX 1117 |
| Paper size: | 215 x 294 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 203 x 292 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with some plate tone on the lower portion of the plate. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | In addition to dots of 'spit-bite' prominent in the water below curved building, tonal areas elsewhere exhibit both a regular pattern (Lalanne's 'mottled tint'?) and pattern of iregular dots (sandpaper ground?). |
| 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: | pencil butterfly of 1880/1881 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 54349' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | title and Kennedy number at lower centre verso; '41' at right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1930302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.