241Lobster Pots - Selsea BillNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8560 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Henry Studdy Theobald (b. 1847), London. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10624 |
| Paper size: | 127 x 198 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 116 x 198 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | off-white |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | With light overall tone, carefully wiped. Slightly lighter at upper centre; faint ray-like wiping marks; picking at lower left |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks; four faint vertical scratches-- one near the left edge, one above the lobster pot, one between the lobster pot and 'Selsea' (note that the last two are probably part of the same scratch), and one through the butterfly; a number of short scatches on the sky and water at left |
| Print note: | While barely so, the boats and figures at top are visible |
| 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: | tab at 49 to 65 mm from left;; butterfly of 1886 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | Henry Studdy Theobald (Lugt 1376) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a...' erased number on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '406' at upper left; '14' at centre; '73' or '75' at lower right, all on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2350313 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.