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Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill

Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
Accession no: 71-1912
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Kupferstichkabinett Berlin  
Provenance:Sold at auction no. 89, Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin, for 83 M to the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, 1912.  

 

Paper size:129 x 201 mm  
Plate mark size:119 x 201 mm  
Note on size:paper size includes tab  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:n/a  
Medium:etching and drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light tone, darker in left half, wiped in various directions  
Note on foul biting:fine pitting mainly across central pot  
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:on tab  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:not on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:49 mm from left, 10 x 20 mm  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K2350108  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.