Fishing Quay, Ostend |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46976) | |
| Number: | 351 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 129 x 178 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 5 | |
| Catalogues: | K.352; M.348 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (5) | ||
KEYWORD
children, fishing, fishing boats, lamp, market, people, quay, sailing ship, stall, woman standing.
TITLE
Variations on the title are as follows:
'Fishing Quai Ostende' (1887/2888, Whistler). 3
'Fish Quay' (1887, Whistler). 4
'Fishing Quay Ostend' (1887/1888, Whistler). 5
'Quay, Ostend' (1902, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 6
'Fishing-Quay, Ostend' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 7
'Fishing Quay, Ostend' is the title, based on Whistler's titles.
'Fishing Quai Ostende' (1887/2888, Whistler). 3
'Fish Quay' (1887, Whistler). 4
'Fishing Quay Ostend' (1887/1888, Whistler). 5
'Quay, Ostend' (1902, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 6
'Fishing-Quay, Ostend' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 7
'Fishing Quay, Ostend' is the title, based on Whistler's titles.
3: Written on 
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4: Whistler to T. McLean, 17 November 1887, GUW #13016.
5: List, [1887/1888], GUW #13233.
6: Kennedy 1902 (cat. no. 318).
7: Mansfield 1909 (cat. no. 348).
DESCRIPTION
A broad road leads up to the quayside. The masts of six or seven fishing boats can be seen at the top of the slope. In the foreground at right are two women standing with arms crossed looking at the viewer. Several other women and children are walking to and from the quay. Along the quay there are street lamps, and on each side are buildings: on the right a three-storey building, on the left a smaller building with tall windows, possibly a market, with in front of it a small stall with people clustered about it.
SITE
The quayside of the fishing port of Ostend, Belgium, an important ferry terminal. Whistler wrote ''Fishing Quai Ostende' on one impression (). Fish Women, Ostend [349] shows a similar scene.
). Fish Women, Ostend [349] shows a similar scene.