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Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill

National Gallery of Australia
Accession no: 78.407
State: 3/4

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © National Gallery of Australia  
Provenance:Listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929), London, 1910. Charles C. Cunningham (1910-1979), Chicago. Acquired through Robert M. Light, Santa Barbara, CA, by the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1978.  
Additional acq. no:111679  

 

Paper size:128 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:120 x 200 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:yes  
Watermarks:'4WR' (indistinct'  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:with plate 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:  
Whistler's signature on paper:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:butterfly 'imp.'  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark: 'm n' (unidentified) on verso, at lower right, in pencil  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Museum records  
ID:K2350205  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.