150The Beach, HastingsLibrary of CongressAccession no: FP-XIX-W576, no. 116 State: 2/2 |
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| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | C. W. Dowdeswell, London. Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Howard Mansfield (1849-1938), New York by 1910; sold through A. A. Hahlo & Co., New York, to Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937), Naugatuck, CT, 1919. Bought with the Pennell Fund by the Library of Congress, Washington, DC. |
| Paper size: | 221 x 350 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 156 x 233 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Beehive DEDB |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Inky platemark; no tone |
| Note on foul biting: | A few dots, and marks at the edges |
| Print note: | This is an impression of the second state, not the first as catalogued by LC. Kennedy illustrates a detail only, but this is not the impression used for that detail. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Stamps, 'CD' (Dowdewell, Lugt 690); 'B. M.' ( B. B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); 'HM' (H. Mansfield, Lugt 1342); 'HW' (H.G. Whittemore, Lugt suppl. 1384a) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '2280/Hh/.' |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Hastings Shore- Trial Proof' at lower right recto; '9183' at upper right recto; 'r.r.o (underlined) / x.[illegible].o' at lower left recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1160103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.