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Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill

Private collection
Accession no: -
State: 3/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo Whistler Etchings Project  
Provenance:Emma Regina Martin (ca 1877-1965). Robert Rice (b. 1925). Dr George van Houten, Netherlands; sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 3 May 2007.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:120 x 201 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:beige  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:partial watermark of the top of a crown  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no 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:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:Robert Rice (b. 1925, not in Lugt); 'ERM' (E. R. Martin, not in Lugt)  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project, owner's records  
ID:K2350202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.