233The Traghetto, No. 2Birmingham Museum and Art GalleryAccession no: P49'54 State: 8/9 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | M. Guérin, sold in 1952 to P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd, for £25, according to Colnaghi's stock books sold in 1954 for £112 to the Friends of Birmingham Museum, presented by them to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 1978. |
| Paper size: | 242 x 305 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 241 x 305 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | heavy weight |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Strasbourg Lily (partial) |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | There is a medium print tone. |
| Note on foul biting: | There is pitting throughout and some areas of particularly fine dense pitting, e.g. around the seated figures. |
| Print note: | There are wipe marks evident near the edges. |
| 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: | 'o' on verso, at lower right, possibly by Whistler. |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | pencil butterfly 1888 (BMAG c. 1890); tab 3 x 12 mm, 44 mm from left |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C.28651' on verso, at lower edge |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K191 V of 6' on verso, at lower centre; at lower right, annotation by H. J. L. Wright: 'Whistler's special mark of quality [arrow pointing to 'o']'. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1910514 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.