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Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1887.15
State: 4/4

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co., by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1887; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:120 x 201 mm  
Plate mark size:120 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:partial bottom of Foolscap  
Medium:etching [and drypoint]  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall tone, darker at the plate edges  
Note on foul biting:scattered flecks; several long and many short scratches on the sky  
Print note:The small boats and figures in the distance may be drypoint?  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'Selsea Bill -'  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:no  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:tab 59-70 mm from left, height 5 mm; butterfly of 1886/1887  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2350102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.