241Lobster Pots - Selsea BillBaltimore Museum of ArtAccession no: 1996.48.18109 State: 4/4 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Baltimore Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | George A. Lucas (1824-1909), Paris; acquired by the Baltimore Museum of Art, MD, 1996. |
| Paper size: | 124 x 201 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 119 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: | no |
| Medium: | etching |
| Ink colour: | brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | a warm even slightly orangey brown tone overall |
| Note on foul biting: | slight texture |
| Print note: | two vertical scrapes at right and one on the 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 possibly dating from 1885 |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'M.I. LUCAS COLLECTION' stamp on verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | no |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K2350103 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.