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The Traghetto, No. 2

Victoria and Albert Museum
Accession no: Circ.639-1968
State: 9Ca/9

Collection credit:/  
Image credit:Photo ©Victoria and Albert Museum, London  
Provenance:In Whistler's studio at his death in 1903 and bequeathed to Miss R. Birnie Philip; bequeathed to the University of Glasgow, 1958; bought through P. & D. Colnaghi, London, by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 27 August 1968, £30.0.0..  
Additional acq. no:EE.1C  

 

Paper size:241 x 304/302 mm  
Plate mark size:237 x 302 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone; narrow strip of darker tone along edges; area of patchy tone below left sitting figure  
Note on foul biting:very fine and dense pitting across right group and inside passageway; several clusters of pitting on right wall  
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:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:61mm from left, 4 x 11mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1910602  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.