233The Traghetto, No. 2Art Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1938.1940 State: 8/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Clarence Buckingham Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 65797). Tracy Dows (1871-1937), New York; probably sold to Frederick Keppel and Co., 1911. Clarence L. Buckingham (1854-1913), Chicago; bequeathed to his sisters; passed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, Clarence Buckingham Collection, 1938. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 5750 |
| Paper size: | 239 x 304 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 236 x 304 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | 'I VILLEDARY' |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | some light plate tone and darker tone along the plate edges. |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The light tone of lavis on much of the plate in 1934.559 has been replaced with more of a prominent tonal medium (sandpaper ground?) on the right portion of the plate and beneath and within the archway; check for drypoint on the seated figures and carafe. |
| 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: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'TD' (Tracy Dows, Lugt 2427) and 'C.B.' (C. L. Buckingham, Lugt 497) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 65797' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'cxv.' at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1910502 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.