Brightlingsea no.1

Brightlingsea no.1

Item Information

Title:
Brightlingsea no.1
Description:
A first idea, in drypoint, for the following plate (for description, see below, no. 212). In the foreground of this earlier version the two nearest figures are a boy and girl seated. The two boats being sculled across almost touch the boats on the other side of the ferry.
Artist:
McBey, James, 1883-1959
Name on Item:
James McBey
Date:
1922
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Drypoints
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McBey (1883-1959). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Harbors
Boats
Beaches
Places:
England > Essex (county) > Brightlingsea
Extent:
1 print : drypoint ; plate mark 19 x 30 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419b151
Terms of Use:
Copyright (c) James McBey
All rights reserved.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hardie and Carter: H. 211
Additional information accompanying item: 3 trial proofs only.
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Etched in 1922.
Notes (citation):
Hardie, Martin, and Charles Carter. "The etchings and drypoints of James McBey (1883-1959)." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
Trial proof (1). The distance on right touched with pencil. The plate is 7 3/8 x 11 7/8.
Identifier:
17_06_000327
W. 1954 (no longer used)
Barcode:
36666000200036