James McNeill Whistler

James McNeill Whistler, The Doorway, 1879, etching, drypoint and roulette

The Doorway


 Kennedy 188.5, Mansfield 185, Glasgow 193.10

etching, with drypoint, roulette and plate tone

1879-1880

an exceptional early working proof impression,
signed with the butterfly on the tab, below,
annotated "Early proof" and again signed, verso