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Traghetto

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1908.6
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from E. Gottschalk by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1907; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:244 x 339 mm  
Plate mark size:240 x 304 mm  
Note on size:The upper plate mark is at the edge of the sheet  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:partial VAN GELDER  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The impression is lightly and unevenly inked, so the lines do not print clearly, especially at left and lower centre. The ink looks almost dark brown on this paper.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly (faint)  
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:'From Gottschalk, Dec. 07. The Traghetto No 2 W368', upside down at the lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1900303  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.