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Fishing Boats, Hastings |  Colby College Museum of Art, Maine (2013.348) | |
| Number: | 163 | |
| Date: | 1876/1877 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 152 x 255 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left (1); replaced with new butterfly (2-3); replaced again (4) | |
| Inscribed: | 'Hastings -' at lower right | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 7 | |
| Catalogues: | K.158; M.155; W.131 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (7) | ||
Fishing Boats, Hastings probably dates from 1877. One impression is inscribed '1877 -' (
). The butterfly signature is consistent with this date.
). The butterfly signature is consistent with this date.During this period Anna Matilda Whistler (1804-1881) was living in Hastings, and Whistler occasionally visited her until he left for Venice late in 1879, as well as after his return, late in 1880.