The Traghetto, No.I

1879/1880

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession

    1949.5.548

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 231, state i/iv


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Probably sold by Whistler to H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, 1892, stock no. a 21333). Howard Mansfield [1849-1938], New York, (Lugt 1342); Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 239); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1949; gift to the NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 190, i/iii.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 231, state i/iv.

Inscriptions

on plate: [butterfly]; on tab: first proof butterfly imp.; by later hand: perhaps only impression of first state. The plate was destroyed and a new etching made of the subject. H.M.

Watermarks

partial Strasbourg Lily / VGZ (Chicago watermarks 292 and 293)

Wikidata ID

Q65077035


You may be interested in

Loading Results