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Fishing Boats, Hastings

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 46782
State: 3b/4

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Bought by the University of Glasgow from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, June 1973.  

 

Paper size:215 x 336 mm  
Plate mark size:152 x 254 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:slight, particularly at the lower left and right side; rather uneven  
Note on foul biting:pitting upper left corner, slight elsewhere  
Print note:Wiping marks, lower left and right sides; at right side double-sided lines with white paper showing through in middle (looks like lines printed white) - probably the result of the ink not being driven deep enough into lines, perhaps plate not heated sufficiently.  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Hastings -'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:'A.66053'  
Misc inscriptions by others:'17 1/2 17 2/4 13 5/0' recto, rubbed out; verso, 'A.66053 AXS / II Vor Verschwinden der feinen Nadellimen und vor Anderung des Künstlereichens' [II Before the disappearance of the fine [drypoint] needle lines and before change of artist's sign]; 'K.158 / W.131 / G.158 / II / M.155 Fishing-boats, Hastings'.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1580205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.