The Traghetto, No. 2, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set' / James McNeill Whistler
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- Accession Number
- 1954/1.377
- Title
- The Traghetto, No. 2, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- etching, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper, trimmed to platemark
- Object Creation Date
- 1879-1880
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the plate, l.l.: Butterfly monogram Signed, in pencil, on tab: Butterfly monogram and imp. Watermark: J WHATMAN
- Dimensions
- 23.6 cm x 30.4 cm (9 5/16 in. x 11 15/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Physical Description
- A dark passageway dominates the middle and left portions of the composition; to the right is a group of men seated outside at a table. The passageway has a view at the far end of a man seated while a gondola passes by. In front of the passageway re three young trees, the leaves of which fall in front of the passageway. To the left of the passageway is a child holding a baby. On either side of the passageway are windows that indicate the walls that fill the plate.
- Subject Matter
- Otto Henry Bacher saw Whistler working on the "Traghetto, No. 1", 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 this second plate that was included in the "First Venice Set." The Glasgow catalogue raisonné identifies the site as the courtyard of the C'da Mosto, north of the Rialto bridge.
- Secondary Keywords
- architecture
- buildings and the land
- europe
- figures
- italy
- locality
- objects
- 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
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1235 x 973
- File Size
- 163 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.377
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"The Traghetto, No. 2, One of the 'Twelve Etchings,' or the 'First Venice Set'; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.377/1954_1.377.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
