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The Beach, Hastings |  Freer Gallery of Art (1903.253) | |
| Number: | 150 | |
| Date: | 1875/1878 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 160 x 235 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 20 | |
| Catalogues: | K.116; M.100; W.101 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (20) | ||
TECHNIQUE
Drawn with bold drypoint lines, sweeping right across the misty horizon, and printed with strong burr and, in the second state, retroussage as well, to produce a very dramatic effect.
PRINTING
Only three impressions have been located. The earliest is printed in black ink, with a lot of soft burr, enhanced by retroussage, on ivory laid paper (
). The two known impressions of the second state were also printed in black, on laid paper with a Beehive 'DEDB' (De Erven de Blauw) watermark (, ). More than a dozen impressions from the cancelled plate have been located, mainly still in the original albums. They were printed in black ink usually on laid paper, some times with a partial 'Van Gelder' watermark (, )
). The two known impressions of the second state were also printed in black, on laid paper with a Beehive 'DEDB' (De Erven de Blauw) watermark (, ). More than a dozen impressions from the cancelled plate have been located, mainly still in the original albums. They were printed in black ink usually on laid paper, some times with a partial 'Van Gelder' watermark (, )