Brightlingsea no.2
Item Information
- Title:
- Brightlingsea no.2
- Description:
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The ferry at Brightlingsea. The Hard, with Thames barges drawn up and a group of smaller boats in front, is seen across an arm of the Blackwater. In the foreground (the St. Osyth shore) are other rowing boats, some being sculled across, and children singly or in groups.
- Artist:
- McBey, James, 1883-1959
- Name on Item:
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James McBey
- Date:
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1922
- 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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Harbors
Boats
Beaches
- Places:
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England > Essex (county) > Brightlingsea
- Extent:
- 1 print : etching ; plate mark 19 x 30 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/p8419b17k
- 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. 212
Additional information accompanying item: Tufts of grass added in foreground to the right. One of the two figures at lower edge of plate burnished out of plate.
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
Published in 1922.
- 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 (5). The right-hand of the two figures eliminated, and the remaining figure of a girl only completed. Tufts of grass bitten in. There is an accidental scratch in the sky above the masts of the barges.
- Identifier:
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17_06_000328
W. 1934 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666000200044