233The Traghetto, No. 2National Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8523 State: 6/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10587 |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | with light overall tone, wiped cleaner over the foliage at top and the canal view in the distance |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks and granular and regular patches over the seated figures at the right |
| Print note: | while the NGA catalogued this as between the third and fourth states, it conforms to Kennedy's description and reproduction of the fourth; the (carafe?) prints lightly but has all the lines added in the fourth state |
| 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: | tab 50-65mm from left, height 5mm; butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'c.6323' and 'K.2312' at lower right on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '20', 'K. 191-4e etat (sur 6)', 'W156' and illegible numerals and letters on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1910310 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.