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The Traghetto, No. 2

Detroit Institute of Arts
Accession no: 62.55

Collection credit:Anonymous bequest in memory of Hal H. Smith.  
Image credit:  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 59234). C. F. Bishop. E. E. MacCrone. Anonymous bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, 1962.  

 

Paper size:243 x 304 mm  
Plate mark size:239 x 304 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Strasbourg Lily  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:darker on right side  
Note on foul biting:very fine dense pitting particularly around seated figures and building (due to some kind of manipulation of the ground?)  
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:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:51 mm from left; tab 4 x 13 mm; pencil butterfly on tab  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 59234'; '4186' on verso, centre  
Misc inscriptions by others:'x-22' on verso, lower left  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1910509  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.