UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Seamstress

Impression: Freer Gallery of Art
Freer Gallery of Art
(1909.116)
Number: 253
Date: 1886
Medium: etching and drypoint
Size: 99 x 66 mm
Signed: butterfly at left
Inscribed: no
Set/Publication: no
No. of States: 3
Known impressions: 4
Catalogues: K.252; M.248; W.206
Impressions taken from this plate  (4)
The Seamstress dates from 1886. This date is consistent with the butterfly signature.

It was first recorded by Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921) in 1886. 1 It was first recorded as sold to Messrs Dowdeswell on 27 July 1887. 2

1: Wedmore 1886 A (cat. no. 206).

2: GUW #08677.

Other etchings of similar date include Cottage Door [252],The Bonnet-Shop [254] and Two studies of women [271].