233The Traghetto, No. 2Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.183 State: 6/9 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 249 x 306 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 242 x 303 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: | Arms of Amsterdam with [?] K countermark |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | light overall plate tone, slightly darker at the lower corners and lower plate edge. |
| Note on foul biting: | Scattered flecks and considerable granular tone (fairly regular in places) over the figures at the table; no traces of foul biting on the lower part of the plate as in FGA 1898.387 |
| 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: | butterfly upside down, at lower left on the verso |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Tho. Way-' at lower right on the verso |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | tab 57-73 mm from left, height 7 mm pencil butterfly of ca 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | both butterflies are medium-sized and unshaded |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'From T. Way. June/05' at lower left on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'W.56' at lower right on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1910402 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.