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The Traghetto, No. 2

Frick Collection
Accession 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.