The Traghetto, No. 1 / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.376
- Title
- The Traghetto, No. 1
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in warm black ink on laid Japan paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the plate, l.l.: Butterfly monogram Collection (no mark) H.S. Theobald
- Dimensions
- 29 cm x 44.3 cm (11 7/16 in. x 17 7/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- An empty covered passageway dominates this image. In the foreground are three young saplings. At the far end of the passageway a man can be seen sitting in the sunlight alongside the edge of the canal. On either side of the passageway in the foreground are windows and indications of cornices, etc. of the architecture.
- Subject Matter
- Otto Henry Bacher saw Whistler working on this plate, one of the earliest Whistler drew in Venice. Whister was dissatisfied with the progress of the plate and began the composition again on another copper plate; it is the second plate that was included in the "First Venice Set." Because this plate was abandoned in Venice, proofs taken from the plate are very scarce. As with the second plate of "Traghetto, No. 2", the site is identified as the courtyard of the C'da Mosto, north of the Rialto bridge.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- europe
- figures
- italy
- locality
- open spaces
- open spaces and site elements
- open spaces by function
- people and occupations
- plants
- roads
- roads by form
- streets
- streets by form
- the natural world
- transportation spaces
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1227 x 957
- File Size
- 146 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.376
- Link to this Item
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"The Traghetto, No. 1; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.376/1954_1.376.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
