James McNeill Whistler
Lobster Pots – Selsea Bill
1879-1880
Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 124 × 201 mm. (4 7/8 × 7 15/16 in.)
Plate: 119 × 201 mm. (4 11/16 × 7 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.18109
According to Glasgow, "pencil butterfly possibly dating from 1885"
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Oberlin College Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH, "The Stamp of Whistler," Oct. 2 - Nov. 6, 1977; circulated to The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Nov. 28, 1977 - Jan. 1, 1978; the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, Jan. 22 - Feb. 25, 1978.
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," February 14-April 1, 1984.
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," February 14-April 1, 1984.
Inscribed: Signed in pencil: lower left, on paper tab "[butterfly] imp" Signed and inscribed in plate: lower right "Selsea Bill- [butterfly]" Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "T. C. Lobster Pots
Markings: None
