221The Two DoorwaysNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8526 State: 13/13 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Fine Art Society, London; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1892, for £25.4.0 (stock no. a21615); sold to unidentified collector, 1893. Probably in the 1930s at Kennedy & Co., New York (stock no. a67928). Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10590 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | slightly browned paper, medium weight |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | pale overall tone, darker along the plate edges |
| Note on foul biting: | as per 1943.3.8526 |
| Print note: | warm black ink, most of the lines from the open doorway to the rightmost building are heavily inked or printed with retroussage |
| 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 at lower right on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 42 to 55mm from left,; height 3mm; butterfly of ca 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | no |
| Collector's mark: | 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 21615' (crossed out); 'a 67928', at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Nu --' at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1930403 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.