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The Beach, Hastings

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1903.253
State: 2/2

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938), London; bought from Obach & Co., (receipts 9 December 1903 and 6 January 1904), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1903; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:350 x 224 mm  
Plate mark size:157 x 232 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'modern' laid (post 1800), even distribution, much debris, horizontal chain lines; Sides edges are deckle.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:beehive  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:With plate tone at the upper left, at lower right and along the right plate edge.  
Note on foul biting:Specks at lower right.  
Print note:See the note about Kennedy's state description; this is a second state impression, but Kennedy's description may be inaccurate.  

 

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: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:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W101 'The Beach'' at the lower left on the recto by C. L. Freer.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1160202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.