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Traghetto

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1904.19
State: 3/4

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Otto H. Bacher (1856-1909) by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1904; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:216 x 307 mm  
Plate mark size:214 x 303 mm  
Note on size:mfm: 'fragment' mh: printed to sheet edge at top; trimmed or printed to within approx 25 mm within the plate mark at bottom; narrow margins at sides  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Pale, uneven plate tone  
Note on foul biting:Scattered flecks  
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:'5' in black ink may indicate printing sequence.  
Collector's mark:'Otto' square stamp (Otto H. Bacher, Lugt 2002)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:illegible inscription and '5' in black ink at lower right on the recto; '368' and 'Supp 368' at lower right on the verso by C.L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1900304  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.