The ebb tide
Item Information
- Title:
- The ebb tide
- Description:
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Daybreak on Brightlingsea Creek. In the morning mist Thames barges are seen drawn up on the left; and, on the right, oyster smacks, with sails set, drift seawards through the haze.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1923
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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James McBey (1883-1959). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Streams
Boats
- Places:
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England > Essex (county) > Brightlingsea
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 21 x 35 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419759g
- Terms of Use:
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Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
- Notes:
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Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hardie and Carter: H. 216
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
Etched in 1923.
- Notes (citation):
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Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.
- Notes (object):
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Trial proof (11). A "foul-bitten" spot, like an asterisk, on the water, one quarter-inch from right margin, has been burnished down Seven proofs taken to test paper and printing, both of which from the nature of the plate required exceptional care.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000342
W. 2932 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000199774
