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The Traghetto, No. 2

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Accession no: RP-P-1967-1160
State: 4/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958: exchanged by the Hunterian Art Gallery with the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1967.  

 

Paper size:270 x 418 mm  
Plate mark size:236 x 304 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):wove  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:uneven light tone  
Note on foul biting:rough areas  
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:no  
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:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:pen inscriptions rubbed out on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1910414  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.