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The Traghetto, No. 2

Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
Accession no: 1999.7.139

Collection credit:Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of Jean K. Weil in memory of Adolph 'Bucks' Weil, Jr.  
Image credit:  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 32136). Kennedy Galleries, New York. Sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 18-19 November 1982; Adolph Weil, Jr, Montgomery, AL; Jean K. Weil, Montgomery, AL; given to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL, 1999.  

 

Paper size:241 x 306 mm  
Plate mark size:241 x 306 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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 'imp.' verso in pencil, lower left  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 32136' on verso, lower left; '959a' or '959o' at lower right  
Misc inscriptions by others:'The Traghetto / very early proof / W.156' on verso; verso, lower right: '17/17'; '134'  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K1910313  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.