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Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession 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.