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Fishing Boats, Hastings

Colby College Museum of Art, Maine
Accession no: 2013.348
State: 3/4

Collection credit:The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art  
Image credit:Photo © Colby College Museum of Art  
Provenance:Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago., Jr. C. G. Boerner, New York; bought by Peter Lunder, 11 October 2001; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, Waterville, ME, 2007.  
Additional acq. no:017.2002  

 

Paper size:251 x 356 mm  
Plate mark size:153 x 253 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:off-white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Japanese  
Note on the paper:thinnest  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:clear, clean-wiped  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:'CCC' trefoil stamp (CC. Cunningham, Jr., not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'K. 158 II Fishing-Boats, Hastings by J. McNeill Whistler. 1877 (exceedingly rare)'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1580207  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.