241Lobster Pots - Selsea BillKupferstichkabinett BerlinAccession 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.