233The Traghetto, No. 2University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann ArborAccession no: 1954/1.377 State: 8/9 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker |
| Image credit: | Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1927; bought by Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954. |
| Paper size: | 242 304 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 236 x 304 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: | J WHATMAN (Chicago watermark 318) |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | some tone near the four plate corners |
| Note on foul biting: | from left of the archway to the right edge of the plate |
| Print note: | Note the etched tone among the lines of shading under the archway (acid on surface of plate?) |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1890s |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C.8898' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | Kennedy number and state and '[sterling symbol 88' at lower left on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1910507 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
