241Lobster Pots - Selsea BillArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1917.469 State: 2/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 34426). Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1917. |
| Additional acq. no: | 14250 (1732 - old acq no) |
| Paper size: | 127 x 201 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 118 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: | Crown over '1852' |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with pronounced plate tone along the bottom edge of the plate |
| Note on foul biting: | prominent foul biting in lower portion of image including patches similar to spit bite |
| Print note: | A number of vertical scratch marks print clearly; paler horizontal wiping scratches or scraping marks at upper left. |
| 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: | pencil butterfly dates from 1884/1886. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Circular stamp with Japanese letters (Bryan Lathrop, Lugt 2972) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 34426' underlined at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '1731' at lower left verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2350303 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.