233The Traghetto, No. 2Detroit Institute of ArtsAccession 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.