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The Traghetto, No. 2

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession no: 1942.15.8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC  
Provenance:Given by Mr and Mrs J. Watson Webb to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, memory of Mr and Mrs H. O. Havemeyer, 1942.  
Additional acq. no:B-2444  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:slightly browned light weight paper  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:some very light tone near the plate edges and corners  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks and granular and regular patches over the seated figures at the right  
Print note:A good impression in warm black ink, the shadowed arch very effective..  

 

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 at lower right on the verso  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Ex-' at lower right on the verso  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 50 - 69mm from left, height 8mm; butterfly of 1883/1885  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:the butterfly on the verso is quite 'abstract'  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1910317  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.