241Lobster Pots - Selsea BillArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1927.5974 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Charles Deering Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | C. W. Dowdeswell (1832-1915), London. Charles Deering (1852-1927), Chicago; given by his heirs to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1927. |
| Additional acq. no: | 14257 (R 3672 - old acq no) |
| Paper size: | 128 x 203 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 119 x 203 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: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | printed with very light 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: | 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 1886. |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'CD' in script, underlined, in graphite (Charles Dowdeswell, Lugt 516a); 'CD' circular stamp (Charles Deering, Lugt 516) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'A 32534' at lower left verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Lobster Pots.' underlined at lower left verso; 'From the Charles Dowdeswell collection. / The finest proof from the plate' at lower left verso; 'I / U' (upside down u) at lower centre verso; 'Hy xn' the 'xn' raised and underlined, at lower right verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2350302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.