The Old Print Shop

The Morgan at Mystic (No. 2).

  • ARTIST: James McBey

  • MEDIUM: Etching,

    DATE: 1942.

  • EDITION SIZE: Edition 72 + 12 Trial Proofs. Image size 5 9/16 x 10 7/8" (14 x 27.5 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: "A three-masted whaler, the Charles W. Morgan, lies beyond a strip of land projecting into the Mystic River, at Mystic, Connecticut. The vessel points towards the buildings of the Marine Museum on the right. In the foreground a plank walk extends across low swampy ground to the edge of the water, where are two small boats and three figured." - Hardie/Carter

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed in ink. Inscribed "XXVI."

  • CONDITION: Good condition, save a very minor mat line.

  • REFERENCE: Hardie/Carter (supplement # 281).