191Doorway and VineScottish National Gallery , EdinburghAccession no: ENGLISH 890 State: 3/18 |
| Collection credit: | Scottish National Gallery |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1910. Purchased from the Estate of Sir Donald Pollok by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1964. |
| Additional acq. no: | P.2550 |
| Paper size: | 247-251 x 185 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 230 x 167 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | pale buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | fine laid lines, possibly an Asian paper |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light overall tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | the print has rather a flat, bare effect; note switch from the left window downwards to left top of arch - it is spring, and the vine is in leaf. The two distant figures are very soft and smudgy. |
| 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: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1960304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.