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Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1933.775.14
State: C/4

Collection credit:Gift of Mr. Walter S. Brewster  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Walter Stanton Brewster (1872-1954), Chicago; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1933.  
Additional acq. no:20648  

 

Paper size:275 x 380 mm  
Plate mark size:128 x 202 mm  
Note on size: Sight measurement of paper; the impression is bound  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:Etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:very light plate tone  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

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:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:"Lobster Pots" / K235 M233 Gr 176 W174" on recto in lower margin in Brewster's hand.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2350403  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.