The Canal, Ostend |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46977) | |
| Number: | 352 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 67 x 179 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.353; M.350; W.248 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
KEYWORD
canal, fishing, landscape, man, worker.
TITLE
Variations on the title are as follows:
'Canal' (1887, Whistler). 3
'The Canal - Ostende' (1887/1890, Whistler). 4
'The Canal Ostend' (1887/1888, Whistler). 5
'Canal Ostend' (1890/1891, Whistler). 6
'The Canal, Ostend' (1899, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 7
'Canal, Ostend' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 8
'The Canal, Ostend' is based on Whistler's and Wedmore's title.
'Canal' (1887, Whistler). 3
'The Canal - Ostende' (1887/1890, Whistler). 4
'The Canal Ostend' (1887/1888, Whistler). 5
'Canal Ostend' (1890/1891, Whistler). 6
'The Canal, Ostend' (1899, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 7
'Canal, Ostend' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). 8
'The Canal, Ostend' is based on Whistler's and Wedmore's title.
3: Whistler to T. McLean, 17 November 1887, GUW #13016.
4: Written on 
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5: List, [1887/1888], GUW #13233.
6: List, [1890/1891], GUW #13236.
7: Wedmore 1899 (cat. no. 248).
8: Mansfield 1909 (cat. no. 350).
DESCRIPTION
A view across a canal, over a flat landscape with scattered houses and trees in the distance, under a cloudy sky. At far left is the steeple of a church. Two men are working, possibly holding a fishing net, on the far bank towards the right.
SITE
Ostend, Belgium, is a busy ferry and fishing port. This view is clearly not in the town, but canals run inland from the sea, from Ostend to Ghent and Bruges.