Z. Astruc, Editor of 'L'Artiste' |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.285) | |
| Number: | 36 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 230 x 154 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler - ' at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | '1859.' at lower left | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 21 | |
| Catalogues: | K.53; M.53; T.66; W.49 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (21) | ||
STATE
Three states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed and inscribed 'Whistler - 1859.' at lower left.
The composition is complete. Faint lettering reading 'Lamont' (thrice) and small faint figures, not by Whistler, are visible near the lower edge.
State 2
Drypoint lines reinforce and extend the shadows in the background on both sides of the head, and on his jacket over the shoulder at right; the figures and writing at the bottom are partly covered with burnishing.
State 3
The figures and writing at the bottom have been removed, though in some impressions the burnishing is still apparent (i.e. 
).
).State 3 (cancelled)
Cancelled with diagonal lines over the face.