416Doorway, Stables - LochesLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 377 State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | Pennell Fund, 1952 |
| Image credit: | Image courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division |
| Provenance: | John Caldwell (1882-1907), Pittsburgh, PA. Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT. Purchased from the Pennell Fund for the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 150 x 80 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 147 x 80 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | tone mostly near edes and over doorway; with a horizontal band of tone at bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | considerable; patches, flecks and tonal area (from paper or cloth) within doorway |
| Print note: | This is the impression of the first state illustrated by Kennedy |
| 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 verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Stables doorway' at lower centre verso; '1st State' (the 'st' superscript with a '.' underneath) at lower right verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 13-22 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'J.C' in graphite (John Caldwell, not in Lugt). 'HW' stamp (H. G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '#141' and 'Tours' at lower centre verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K3770104 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.