Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill |  Art Institute of Chicago (1917.469) | |
| Number: | 241 | |
| Date: | 1880/1881 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 121 x 203 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | 'Selsea Bill' | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Second Venice Set', 1886 | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 32 | |
| Catalogues: | K.235; M.233; W.174 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (32) | ||
KEYWORD
beach, fishing, lobsterpots, sea.
TITLE
Variations on the title are as follows:
'Selsea Bill' (1880, Whistler). 2
'Lobster Pots' (1883, F.A.S.). 3
'Lobster Pots' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 4
'Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill' (1890/1892, Beatrice Whistler (1857-1896)). 5
'Lobster-Pots' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 6
'Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill' combines Whistler's titles.
'Selsea Bill' (1880, Whistler). 2
'Lobster Pots' (1883, F.A.S.). 3
'Lobster Pots' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 4
'Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill' (1890/1892, Beatrice Whistler (1857-1896)). 5
'Lobster-Pots' (1909, Howard Mansfield (1849-1938)). (1910, Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932)). 6
'Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill' combines Whistler's titles.
2: Etched on copper plate.
3: London FAS 1883 (cat.no. 23).
4: Wedmore 1886 A[more], cat. no. 174.
5: List, [1890/1892], GUW #12715.
6: Mansfield 1909[more], cat. no. 233; Kennedy 1910[more], cat. no. 235.
DESCRIPTION
In the foreground, and in the distance at the right, are a number of lobster-pots on a curving beach. At the left is a small boat.
SITE
Selsea Bill on the south coast of England, where Whistler was visiting Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890). Whistler painted Selsey Bill m0863 there.
DISCUSSION
Fishing gear and fishing boats appealed to Whistler as subjects: see, for instance Billingsgate 051, Fishing Boats, Hastings 163 and The Fishing Boat 198. He also etched fish-stalls and shops such as The Fishing Boat 198,
The Fish Shop, Venice 226,
Fish-Shop, Chelsea 267,
Fish Women, Ostend 349 and Fishing Quay, Ostend 351.