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The Traghetto, No. 2

Fogg Art Museum, Harvard
Accession no: M12100
State: 5/9

Collection credit:Fogg Art Museum, Gift of Edwin de T. Bechtel  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Given by Edwin de Turck Bechtel to the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA.  

 

Paper size:245 x 308 mm  
Plate mark size:240 x 305 mm  
Note on size:almost trimmed to platemark  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid paper paper has been trimmed to at least 1 mm outside the platemark. It is of medium/heavy weight, typical of Whistler's proofs.  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:none visible  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:The wiping is rather crude, with bare areas along the top, left and right edges; slight overall tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The shading and cross-hatching in the arch is quite soft. There are areas that look grubby, and marks of extensive burnishing of the plate, particularly at the corners.  

 

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:Pencil butterfly 1879/1880; height 8mm; 59-82mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:possible monogram 'HS' in pencil verso; possible collector's mark, extended triangle, in pencil [like a folding stool, possibly sideways on]; and complex monogram stamp in blue, not identified.  
Dealers' stock nos:'A 71702' (?) on verso, not clear  
Misc inscriptions by others:RS; 'CXVxv' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1910408  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.