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The Traghetto, No. 2

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession 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.