Dieppe |  National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1949.5.265) | |
| Number: | 251 | |
| Date: | 1885 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 51 x 83 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 5 | |
| Catalogues: | K.246; M.244; W.202 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (5) | ||
KEYWORD
beach, children, lighthouse, parasol, people, pier, sailing ship, sea, town.
TITLE
Variations on the title are as follows:
'A Sketch at Dieppe' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 2
'Dieppe' (1887/1888, Whistler). 3
'Dieppe' (1898, Wunderlich's). 4
'A sketch at Dieppe' (1900, Wunderlich & Co.) 5
Whistler's title, 'Dieppe' is preferred.
'A Sketch at Dieppe' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 2
'Dieppe' (1887/1888, Whistler). 3
'Dieppe' (1898, Wunderlich's). 4
'A sketch at Dieppe' (1900, Wunderlich & Co.) 5
Whistler's title, 'Dieppe' is preferred.
2: Wedmore 1886 A[more] (cat. no. 202).
3: List, [1887/1888], GUW #13233.
4: New York 1898 (cat. no. 247).
5: Wunderlich's to Whistler, 6 April 1900, GUW #07322.
DESCRIPTION
In the foreground is a broad beach, shelving gently to the sea at upper right. On the beach are a few people walking and sitting including a woman with a parasol at left, and children playing. Beyond is a wall or breakwater, behind which are several more people, and further away, another breakwater. In the distance the ground rises to a fortification, with a lighthouse at the right and a flagpole at the left. Two sailing ships are lying below the wall of the fort at the right.
SITE
Dieppe, a busy ferry port on the coast of France. Whistler painted several oils and watercolours there including Note in opal - The Sands, Dieppe m1033, Green and pearl - La plage, Dieppe m1025, Green and Violet: The Evening Walk, Dieppe y328, Harmony in Blue and Pearl: The Sands, Dieppe y327, and The Sea Shore, Dieppe y379.