221The Two DoorwaysFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.390 State: 5/13 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt, 9 November 1888), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 224 x 317 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 202 x 292 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian wove |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with pale tone at the top, slightly heavier near the left and right plate edges and across the water |
| Note on foul biting: | granular patches on the walls, sky and water; larger acid droplets among the lines below both doorways |
| 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: | 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 1881 |
| Collector's mark: | 'SH' in graphite pencil at lower right on the verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227); 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W158 Two Doorways' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1930304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.