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.
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.