[The doorway] – Historic Reproduction
![[The doorway], [London : Fine Art Society, Ltd., 1880] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/bd/bd8c5c5b4331-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of [The doorway]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A single Venetian doorway serves as the subject here, rendered in the fine line work of the 1880 Venice plates. The butterfly pencilled beside the signature is the mark of James McNeill Whistler, who worked in Venice in 1879 and 1880 and had these etchings published by the Fine Art Society in London that year. The sixth state noted in the record means the copper plate was reworked several times before this impression was pulled. The catalog reference, Kennedy no. 188, places it among Whistler's etchings, where the artist turned everyday street architecture into studies of light and shadow.
| Created / published | [London : Fine Art Society, Ltd., 1880] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Etchings 1880. |
| Notes | Signed in pencil with butterfly. Sixth state. Kennedy, no. 188. |
| Subjects | Doors & doorways--Italy--Venice--1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,049 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-173676 |
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