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The Traghetto, No. 2

Annex Galleries
Accession no: -

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 32137). Estate of George Hammond, Southern California; Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CA, 2002.  

 

Paper size:262 x 324 mm  
Plate mark size:230 x 303 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:''antique' laid paper, dark cream, laid western paper'  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:'delicately wiped'  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:'A fine impression, with "burnished" surface'  

 

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'  
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:pencil butterfly of 1880/1881  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 32137' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'early - before margins were cut - very fine' on verso  

 

Source of information:Dealer's records  
ID:K1910420  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.