PrintsAmerican19th century

The Traghetto, no. 2

1880

Artists

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Etching and drypoint

Medium

Etching and drypoint printed in black ink on off-white antique laid paper washed with brown on the front

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 21.5 x 30.7 cm (8 7/16 x 12 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Otto Henry Bacher (L. 2002). Edwin de T. Bechtel, gift to Fogg Art Museum Edwin de T. Bechtel, (347a), Collector, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1947.

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