Harvard Art Museums > 1934.203: The Fishing Boats at Scheveningen Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"The Fishing Boats at Scheveningen (Hendrik Willem Mesdag) , 1934.203,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Sep 07, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/298281. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1934.203 People Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Dutch (Groningen, The Netherlands 1831 - 1915 The Hague, The Netherlands) Title The Fishing Boats at Scheveningen Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1868-1895 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/298281 Physical Descriptions Medium Watercolor, charcoal and traces of gouache on off-white textured wove paper Dimensions 70.2 x 47 cm (27 5/8 x 18 1/2 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: L.r., black watercolor: HW Mesdag inscription: verso, l.r. corner, brown ink: No 375 (underlined) / TS (under 5) inscription: verso, center lower edge, graphite: hung (mng?) imperial (?) (illegible) inscription: verso, u.l. corner, graphite: [drawing of frame profile] label: on frame, white (discolored) label with black border, in Bartlett sisters' hand, black ink: For the / Boston Museum of Fine Arts / from / Mary F. & Fannie Bartlett / The Fishing Boats - at / Scheveningen / H. W. Mesdag. [Four other works in our collection (from the Bartletts) have the same black bordered decorative label with inscription in the same handwriting: Blommers (1934.204), Israëls (1934.201), Mauve (1934.198), Weissenbruch (1934.197). The label is probably related to an exhibition at the MFA in 1895. See In-house Notes.] label: On frame, white (discolored) label with black border, in Bartlett sister's hand, black ink: This picture was bought / in Mesdags Studio from the / Easle [sic]. It was not quite / finished & Mesdag completed it for Miss M. F. Bartlett gallery label: formerly back of frame, printed and inscribed: No [inscribed:] C 6325 / DOLL & RICHARDS, / Fine Art Dealers, / 2 PARK STREET, / BOSTON label: tan paper (discolored from white?), printed: MFB [decorative monogram; stands for "Mary F. Bartlett" or "Mary and Fannie Bartlett"] / 227 Commonwealth Avenue label: On backboard (now removed and placed in file), printed in black ink: This Backboard was / Pat'd April 13th, 1880. / Pat'd Jan. 9th, 1883. / Pat'd March 27, 1883. / Manuf'd by / Deuther Mfg. Co., Buffalo Provenance Recorded Ownership History Hendrik Willem Mesdag, sold; to Mary F. Bartlett, Boston, before 1895, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1934 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Mary F. and Fannie Bartlett Collection Accession Year 1934 Object Number 1934.203 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Johan Poort, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, 1831-1915: Oeuvrecatalogus (Wassenaar, 1989), p. 438, no. A21.09, repr. Exhibition History New Acquisitions, Print Department, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 05/21/1895 - 11/01/1895 Dutch Water Colors of the 19th Century, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/1935 - 03/31/1935 Unidentified Exhibition, Wilcox House, 1958, Wilcox House, York, 08/01/1958 - 08/31/1958 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu