233The Traghetto, No. 2Syracuse University Art GalleriesAccession no: 2002.0090 State: 2/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Syracuse University Art Galleries |
| Provenance: | Joshua H. Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d.1891), London; sold at auction, Sotheby's, London, 1892, to Deprez. Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow; sold to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1903 (stock no. 37314). Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Mrs Bayard Thayer, 1910. Sotheby's, New York, 2002, purchased by Syracuse University Art Galleries. |
| Paper size: | 277 x 373 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 238 x 306 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | Inlaid; very thin, high quality paper, fibres fine and even in length. |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial, at upper right edge |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | residual |
| Note on foul biting: | spots at edges |
| Print note: | printer's crease |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly 'imp.' on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Trial - early proof' on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'B.M.' rectangular stamp on recto (B.B. MacGeorge) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '9532' verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1910204 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.