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The Traghetto, No. 2

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Accession no: P49'54
State: 8/9

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:M. Guérin, sold in 1952 to P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd, for £25, according to Colnaghi's stock books sold in 1954 for £112 to the Friends of Birmingham Museum, presented by them to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in 1978.  

 

Paper size:242 x 305 mm  
Plate mark size:241 x 305 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:heavy weight  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:Strasbourg Lily (partial)  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a medium print tone.  
Note on foul biting:There is pitting throughout and some areas of particularly fine dense pitting, e.g. around the seated figures.  
Print note:There are wipe marks evident near the edges.  

 

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:'o' on verso, at lower right, possibly by Whistler.  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:pencil butterfly 1888 (BMAG c. 1890); tab 3 x 12 mm, 44 mm from left  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'C.28651' on verso, at lower edge  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K191 V of 6' on verso, at lower centre; at lower right, annotation by H. J. L. Wright: 'Whistler's special mark of quality [arrow pointing to 'o']'.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1910514  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.