233The Traghetto, No. 2Fogg Art Museum, HarvardAccession no: M12099 State: 1/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Harvard Art Museums/ Fogg Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel |
| Image credit: | Katya Kallsen © President and Fellows of Harvard College |
| Provenance: | Acquired, probably directly from Whistler, by Otto Bacher (1856-1909). Given by Edwin de Turck Bechtel (1880-1957) to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA. |
| Paper size: | 223 x 308 mm |
| Plate mark size: | [223] x 303 mm |
| Note on size: | Itrimmed within platemark |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | severely darkened |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none visible |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | clean wiped |
| 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: | Pencil butterfly of 1881 at lower left on image |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Square stamp, 'Otto' in red, on recto at bottom left corner; Bacher (Lugt 2002) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1910102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.