Art, literature & history
Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill
1880/81
- Dating
- Date range
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Etching and drypoint with foul biting in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image, trimmed within platemark: 11.9 × 20.3 cm (4 11/16 × 8 in.); Sheet: 12.8 × 20.3 cm (5 1/16 × 8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1927.5974
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill. Art Institute of Chicago. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Lobster Pots - Selsea Bill — James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1880/81.
Medium: Etching and drypoint with foul biting in dark brown ink on ivory laid paper. Dimensions: Image, trimmed within platemark: 11.9 × 20.3 cm (4 11/16 × 8 in.); Sheet: 12.8 × 20.3 cm (5 1/16 × 8 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.