233The Traghetto, No. 2Frick CollectionAccession no: 1915.3.48 State: 5/9 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Frick Collection |
| Provenance: | Henry Clay Frick Bequest to The Frick Collection, New York, 1915. |
| Paper size: | 241 x 307 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 239 x 306 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | overall rather messy and uneven tone |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | a lot of scraping and texturing |
| 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 of 1880 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1910z04 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
