Sketches including a head and a hat |  Whistler Etchings Project (-) | |
| Number: | 440 | |
| Date: | 1888/1889 | |
| Medium: | unbitten; drawn through the ground with an etching needle | |
| Size: | 64 x 45 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | ||
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 1 | |
| Catalogues: | K.-; M.-; T.-; W.- | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (1) | ||
STATE
One state, only known from the unbitten copper plate.
State 1 (not bitten)
Signed with a butterfly at lower right.
It was drawn with an etching needle through the ground on the copper plate but it was not bitten nor printed. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 3
It was drawn with an etching needle through the ground on the copper plate but it was not bitten nor printed. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 3
3: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.