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Fishing Boats, Hastings

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 3/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; acquired by the New York Public Library, S. P. Avery Collection.  

 

Paper size:260 x 378 mm  
Plate mark size:151 x 252 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:dark cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:'antique' laid  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light overall tone, slightly uneven  
Note on foul biting:a few dots  
Print note:Clear quite strongly inked - slight dark area over centre  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly (faint)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Hastings -'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler' in pencil on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Hastings.' and '1877 -' on recto, possibly by Whistler  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'S. P. AVERY / COLLECTION' (Lugt 41) stamp on recto  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'131'  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1580208  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.