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) | ||
KEYWORD
beach, boat, fishing huts, landscape.
TITLE
There are minor variations in the title, as follows:
'Hastings' (1877, Whistler). 1
'Hastings' (1887/1888, Whistler). 2
'Fishing-Boats - Hastings' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 3
'Fishing Boats, Hastings' (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 4
Although Whistler's original title was 'Hastings', Kennedy's title, 'Fishing Boats, Hastings' is more descriptive and generally accepted.
'Hastings' (1877, Whistler). 1
'Hastings' (1887/1888, Whistler). 2
'Fishing-Boats - Hastings' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 3
'Fishing Boats, Hastings' (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 4
Although Whistler's original title was 'Hastings', Kennedy's title, 'Fishing Boats, Hastings' is more descriptive and generally accepted.
1: Inscribed on copper plate.
2: List, [1887/1888], GUW #13233.
3: Wedmore 1886 A (cat. no. 131).
4: Kennedy 1910 (cat. no. 158).
DESCRIPTION
In the foreground is a beach with, at the right, nets hung up to dry. Behind and to left fishing boats are drawn up on the shore. Behind these, is a row of tall fish-sheds. In the distance is a high, rounded promontory with cliffs facing the sea.
SITE
Hastings, on the Channel Coast of England. One impression is inscribed 'Hastings' (
). Whistler also worked in watercolour in the town in the early 1880s; Hastings [m0830] and Hastings from the cliffs [m0831] are views of the cliffs and the town below, while Hastings: fishing boats [m0832] shows the boats and fishing-huts on the beach.
). Whistler also worked in watercolour in the town in the early 1880s; Hastings [m0830] and Hastings from the cliffs [m0831] are views of the cliffs and the town below, while Hastings: fishing boats [m0832] shows the boats and fishing-huts on the beach.