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The Traghetto, No. 2

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Accession no: 57.531.8
State: 8/9

Collection credit:Gift of Mrs. Charles Pratt, 1957  
Image credit:Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Given by Mrs Charles Pratt to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1957.  

 

Paper size:242 x 304 mm  
Plate mark size:238 x 304 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid, darkened  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, particularly at the edges  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The shadows look softened.  

 

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 47-58 mm from left; butterfly of 1888/1890s  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:o  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1910419  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.