The Landing Stage, Cowes |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46947) | |
| Number: | 309 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 134 x 96 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 15 | |
| Catalogues: | K.328; M.322; W.245 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (15) | ||
PUBLICATION
Although not published officially, The Landing Stage, Cowes formed part of the 'Naval Review' or 'Jubilee Set'.
EXHIBITIONS
It was exhibited at print dealer's shows, by H. Wunderlich & Co. in New York in 1898 and 1903, and by Obach & Co. in London, also in 1903. 9
Impressions were shown in the Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, and in Paris and London in the following year. An impression was lent by King Edward VII to the London Memorial Exhibition (
). 10
Impressions were shown in the Memorial Exhibitions after Whistler's death, at the Grolier Club in New York in 1904, and in Paris and London in the following year. An impression was lent by King Edward VII to the London Memorial Exhibition (
). 10 9: New York 1898 (cat. no. 226); New York 1903b (cat. no. 194).
10: New York 1904a (cat. no. 258); Paris Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 397); London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 245).
SALES & COLLECTORS
There are few records of sales. One impression of 'Landing Stage Cowes' was sold by Whistler to the London print dealer Thomas M. McLean (b. ca 1832) in London for £7.7.0 on
20 August 1887; Whistler's son, Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935) offered another to William Craibe Angus (1830-1899) in Glasgow in December 1887, and Wunderlich's in New York bought one for Ross Revillon Winans (1850-1912) in 1888, for the same price. 11
One impression was presented in an album similar to that given to Queen Victoria and is now in the Art Institute of Chicago (); others were acquired by Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924) () and Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) ().
); others were acquired by Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924) () and Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) ().
Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919) bought an impression from Wunderlich's in 1903 (). He also bought one that was marked with a small 'o', probably by Whistler as a mark of quality (), from Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) in 1904. Miss Philip had inherited another six impressions which she gave to the University of Glasgow, including the first proof () and one marked 'oo' (). Another impression marked 'oo', from the album originally presented to Queen Victoria (), was sold by King Edward VII through Agnew's, London, in 1906, and bought from Obach & Co. by Freer, who sold it back to Miss Philip. She gave the album, including this impression, to the University of Glasgow in 1935.
). He also bought one that was marked with a small 'o', probably by Whistler as a mark of quality (), from Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) in 1904. Miss Philip had inherited another six impressions which she gave to the University of Glasgow, including the first proof () and one marked 'oo' (). Another impression marked 'oo', from the album originally presented to Queen Victoria (), was sold by King Edward VII through Agnew's, London, in 1906, and bought from Obach & Co. by Freer, who sold it back to Miss Philip. She gave the album, including this impression, to the University of Glasgow in 1935.