233The Traghetto, No. 2Art Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.559 State: 5/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 19314). Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 533 |
| Paper size: | 315 x 439 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 238 x 306 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | with open bite |
| Print note: | Prominent edges of the large area of open bite or lavis covering about three-quarters of the plate and the tonal area at the upper left have been removed (there is some evidence of burnishing at upper right and lower left) but the light tone from the open bite remains on much of the plate. |
| 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: | butterfly and 'imp' , lower left, in margin |
| 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: | The pencil butterfly dates from 1881 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 19314' at lower left recto; 'c' or 'a' number, possibly 'c 2520', partly trimmed off and crossed out. |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W156' at lower left recto by platemark |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1910315 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.