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The Traghetto, No. 2

Williams College Museum of Art
Accession no: 50.15
State: 6/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 53848). Gift of Mrs Cornelius N. Bliss, 1950.  

 

Paper size:240 x 305 mm  
Plate mark size:  
Note on size:9 7/16 x 12  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:tan  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:light weight, smooth, rag western paper  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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 ca 1886  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'a 53848' and '4907' on verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:'c.' and 'The Traghetto' on verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1910z08  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.