First Venice Set: The Traghetto, No. 2
artist
James McNeill Whistler
(American, 1834 - 1903)
Date1880
Place MadeItaly, Europe
MediumEtching and drypoint printed on laid paper
Dimensions23.9 x 30.1 cm (9 7/16 x 11 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS.G.Sar.1.1.1.11
eMuseum ID721656
EmbARK ObjectID23860
TMS Source ID8668
Last Updated8/9/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
BibliographyNotesThe Fine Art Society. Mr. Whistler's Etchings (London, 1883), no. 37.
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 68, no. 156.
James McNeill Whistler. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (London, 1890), p. 101.
Otto Henry Bacher. With Whistler in Venice (New York, 1908, pp. 165-66, 169-72, 174-75, 177-80, 182-83.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 122-23, no. 188.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 74-75, no. 191.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 25, no. 84, pl. XXI.
Katharine A. Lochnan. The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984; Toronto: The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985), p. 280, no. 187.
Otto Henry Bacher. "With Whistler in Venice" (New York, 1908), in Robin Spencer (ed.). Whistler: A Retrospective (New York, 1989), pp. 170-72, ill.
Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours, a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), pp. 314-15, nos. 836r, 837.
Carole McNamara and John Siewert. Whistler: Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision. Exh. cat. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 95-97, no. 37.
Alastair Grieve. Whistler's Venice (New Haven, 2000), pp. 83-84, 189, fig. 91.
Margaret F. MacDonald. Palaces in the Night: Whistler in Venice (Berkeley, 2001), pp. 79, 85, 88, 92, 116, 131, pl. 99.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 60-61, no. 14.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "The Traghetto, No. 2." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 233, accessed 16 May 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
Frederick Wedmore. Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue (London, 1886), p. 68, no. 156.
James McNeill Whistler. The Gentle Art of Making Enemies (London, 1890), p. 101.
Otto Henry Bacher. With Whistler in Venice (New York, 1908, pp. 165-66, 169-72, 174-75, 177-80, 182-83.
Howard Mansfield. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Chicago, 1909), pp. 122-23, no. 188.
Edward G. Kennedy. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York, 1910), p. 74-75, no. 191.
P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. An Exhibition of Etchings, Dry Points & Lithographs by James McNeill Whistler (London, 16 November - 10 December 1971). p. 25, no. 84, pl. XXI.
Katharine A. Lochnan. The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984; Toronto: The Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985), p. 280, no. 187.
Otto Henry Bacher. "With Whistler in Venice" (New York, 1908), in Robin Spencer (ed.). Whistler: A Retrospective (New York, 1989), pp. 170-72, ill.
Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours, a Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, 1995), pp. 314-15, nos. 836r, 837.
Carole McNamara and John Siewert. Whistler: Prosaic Views, Poetic Vision. Exh. cat. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1996), pp. 95-97, no. 37.
Alastair Grieve. Whistler's Venice (New Haven, 2000), pp. 83-84, 189, fig. 91.
Margaret F. MacDonald. Palaces in the Night: Whistler in Venice (Berkeley, 2001), pp. 79, 85, 88, 92, 116, 131, pl. 99.
Catherine E. Hutchina (ed.). Fleeting Impressions: Prints by James McNeill Whistler. Exh. cat. (Montgomery: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 2006), pp. 60-61, no. 14.
Margaret F. MacDonald et al. "The Traghetto, No. 2." James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné (University of Glasgow, 2012), no. 233, accessed 16 May 2016. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/
MarksNotesSigned in etching: Whistler's butterfly signature
Signed (on paper, verso): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed (on paper, verso): "Very early proof - printed in Venice" [hand of Whistler]
Signed (on tab): Whistler's butterfly signature [dated 1889-1890]
Inscribed (on tab): "imp." [hand of Whistler]
Signed (on paper, verso): Whistler's butterfly signature
Inscribed (on paper, verso): "Very early proof - printed in Venice" [hand of Whistler]
Signed (on tab): Whistler's butterfly signature [dated 1889-1890]
Inscribed (on tab): "imp." [hand of Whistler]
ProvenanceNotesPossibly in the collection of the surgeon and etcher Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), by 1890.
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealers H. Wunderlich & Co., New York on 11 April 1890 for $750. (as part of "Whistler's two sets of Venice etchings")
Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the art dealers H. Wunderlich & Co., New York on 11 April 1890 for $750. (as part of "Whistler's two sets of Venice etchings")
