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Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill

Baltimore Museum of Art
Accession no: 1996.48.18109
State: 4/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art  
Provenance:George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996.  

 

Paper size:124 x 201 mm  
Plate mark size:119 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:no  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:a warm even slightly orangey brown tone overall  
Note on foul biting:slight texture  
Print note:two vertical scrapes at right and one on the 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 possibly dating from 1885  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K2350103  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.