Booth at a Fair |  Freer Gallery of Art (1903.40) | |
| Number: | 257 | |
| Date: | 1886 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 133 x 98 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 6 | |
| Catalogues: | K.249; M.245; W.203 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (6) | ||
TECHNIQUE
The composition was outlined in etched lines. Dense cross-hatching built up the shadowed area of the awning. The drypoint shading wore down in late impressions.
PRINTING
There was a very small print-run. Whistler printed the first impressions in 1886, and then printed a further four impressions on 26 September 1887. 10
One was printed in black ink on ivory laid paper (
), and several in dark brown ink on similar paper (, , ). In the latter, the drypoint appears to be wearing down.
One was printed in black ink on ivory laid paper (
), and several in dark brown ink on similar paper (, , ). In the latter, the drypoint appears to be wearing down.10: Note, [26 September 1887], GUW #12716.