James WHISTLER
United States of America 1834 – England 1903
- Movements: France 1855-60, England 1860-92, France 1892-95, England from 1895
The doorway
1879-80 Collection Title: Venice, Whistler. Twelve Etchings (First Venice Set) 1880
Venice, Veneto, Venezia province, Italy
Print, intaglio
Technique: etching, drypoint and roulette
Edition: Edition of 100
Publisher: The Fine Arts Society
Primary Insc: printed u.l.corner, in plate [Whistler's butterfly monogram] ; drawn l.l corner(no tab), in pencil [Whistler's butterfly monogram]'; l.l corner, in pencil "imp " and "W".
plate-mark 29.2 h x 20.2 w cm
sheet 31.2 h x 23.0 w cm
Cat Raisonné: Kennedy (1910), 188; Mansfield (1909), 185
Purchased 1978
Accession No: NGA 78.415.5
Subject: Collection: The Charles C. Cunningham collection of James McNeill Whistler etchings and lithographs, acquired 1978.
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James WHISTLER
United States of America 1834 – England 1903
- Movements: France 1855-60, England 1860-92, France 1892-95, England from 1895
The doorway
1879-80 Collection Title: Venice, Whistler. Twelve Etchings (First Venice Set) 1880
Page: no.5
Venice, Veneto, Venezia province, Italy
Print, intaglio
Technique: etching, drypoint and roulette
Support: medium-weight, off-white, laid paper
Edition State: 3rd state of 7
Edition: Edition of 100
Publisher: The Fine Arts Society
Place Published: London
Date Published: 1880
Edition Notes: Proofs by WHISTLER, James (Abbott) McNeill ( United States: 1834-Great Britain-1903)
Printed by WHISTLER, James (Abbott) McNeill ( United States: 1834-Great Britain-1903)
Assisted by MENPES, Mortimer ( Australia 1855- Great Britain-1938)
Primary Insc: printed u.l.corner, in plate [Whistler's butterfly monogram] ; drawn l.l corner(no tab), in pencil [Whistler's butterfly monogram]'; l.l corner, in pencil "imp " and "W".
Tertiary Insc: verso: inscribed in pencil " K 188 Doorway"; inscribed in pencil (indistinct sentence).
plate-mark 29.2 h x 20.2 w cm
sheet 31.2 h x 23.0 w cm
Cat Raisonné: Kennedy (1910), 188; Mansfield (1909), 185
Purchased 1978
Accession No: NGA 78.415.5
Subject: Collection: The Charles C. Cunningham collection of James McNeill Whistler etchings and lithographs, acquired 1978.
Exhibition History
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- 1989
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- Come Up and See Our Etchings: Intaglio Prints from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries NGA
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- 1982
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- The Prints of James McNeill Whistler part 1 NGA
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