Boston Public LibraryJames McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings / American Artists
The beach
Item Information
- Title:
- The beach
- Description:
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In the foreground are two towels spread upon the beach; others are drying in he breeze, on lines held up by poles. Beyond, at the right, are low buildings, near which are a man and a horse. A roughish sea stretches to the horizon, under a clouded sky. The plate is unsigned.
- Artist:
- Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
- Date:
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[1875–1878]
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Drypoints
Landscape prints
Cancellation proofs
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Beaches
- Places:
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England > East Sussex (county) > Hastings
- Extent:
- 1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 16 x 23 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/3r076m698
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 116
Additional information accompanying item: Included in "Etchings by J. M. Whistler from the cancelled plates."
- Notes (date):
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Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
- Notes (citation):
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Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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From an impression from the cancelled plate.
- Identifier:
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17_14_000093
- Barcode:
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36666000099529
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