241Lobster Pots - Selsea BillHunterian Art GalleryAccession no: 46887 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958 |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow |
| Provenance: | Bequeathed by Whistler to his executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, 1903; bequeathed by her to the University of Glasgow, 1958. |
| Paper size: | 125 x 200 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 119 x 200 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: | plate tone, darker along the platemark edge; more pronounced in the bottom left corner (wiped vertically) and fainter horizontal wiping traces at bottom right; |
| Note on foul biting: | loose pitting on central lobster pot |
| Print note: | bevel (c. 1 mm wide) visible; minor crease from printing above tab; traces after burnished-out figure from first state top right, to the left of upper horizontal line |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp' on verso at bottom right in pencil |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: | 55 mm from left margin, 6 x 17 mm; butterfly of 1886/1887 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K2350304 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.