Lobster-Pots
c. 1880/1881
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Webb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer
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Accession
1942.15.36
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 241, state iv/iv
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Collection of Mr. James Watson Webb [1884-1960] and Mrs. Electra Havemeyer Webb [1888-1960], Los Angeles and Vermont; gift to NGA, 1942.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1963
American Artists as Print Makers, Westmoreland County Museum of Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, 1963, no. 218.
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 235, i/iii.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 241, state iv/iv.
Inscriptions
on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; below plate in pencil: (butterfly); Illegible symbol lower right on the verso:[possibly] Ex
Watermarks
partial 'WR' from Hunting horn in shield or Strasbourg Lily
Wikidata ID
Q64958894