150The Beach, HastingsNew York Public LibraryAccession no: MEZAP State: 1/2 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © New York Public Library |
| Provenance: | Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911). |
| Paper size: | 205 x 318 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 158 x 233 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: | yes, initials |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | no |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Soft effect with ink spreading both sides of the burr, possibly retroussage or printed on wet paper. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly on recto |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '1873.' on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1873/1876; '1873' possibly meant to read 1875 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Hastings-' (this may have been written originally by Whistler but strengthened by another); 'His mother there at the time' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1160101 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.