233The Traghetto, No. 2Annex GalleriesAccession no: - |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 32137). Estate of George Hammond, Southern California; Annex Galleries, Santa Rosa, CA, 2002. |
| Paper size: | 262 x 324 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 230 x 303 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | ''antique' laid paper, dark cream, laid western paper' |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | 'delicately wiped' |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | 'A fine impression, with "burnished" surface' |
| 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 'imp' |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1880/1881 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 32137' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'early - before margins were cut - very fine' on verso |
| Source of information: | Dealer's records |
| ID: | K1910420 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.