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Annie Haden

Impression: Hunterian Art Gallery
Hunterian Art Gallery
(46749)
Number: 67
Date: 1860
Medium: drypoint
Size: 357 x 217 mm
Signed: 'Whistler.' at lower left
Inscribed: '1860.' at lower left
Set/Publication: no
No. of States: 4
Known impressions: 17
Catalogues: K.62; M.62; T.51; W.57
Impressions taken from this plate  (17)

TECHNIQUE

It is a drypoint, drafted at first with bold lines for the dress and background, and fine, expressive and sensitive lines for the face and hair. A complex blend of medium-length lines of shading with patches of irregular shading created a shimmering effect on the dress and curtain. However, there are acid droplets at the corners in the third state (Graphic with a link to impression #K0620z01) and it may be that the carpet pattern was etched, and then possibly reinforced in drypoint.

PRINTING

There are single impressions of the first (Graphic with a link to impression #K0620102), second (Graphic with a link to impression #K0620201) and third (Graphic with a link to impression #K0620z01) states; the majority of impressions are of the foruth state. Impressions were printed in black ink on a variety of papers, including ivory Japan laid paper, two of these being on kozo (Graphic with a link to impression #K0620102, Graphic with a link to impression #K0620303) and one on hosho (Graphic with a link to impression #K0620302), as well as tan Japan (Graphic with a link to impression #K0620305). Several are on western papers including off-white 'antique' (pre-1800) laid paper (Graphic with a link to impression #K0620314), and pale buff laid paper with a scallop shell watermark (Graphic with a link to impression #K0620313).