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Seymour Haden, Jr, Seated |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46716) | |
| Number: | 9 | |
| Date: | 1857/1858 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 137 x 98 mm | |
| Signed: | 'J Whistler' at lower left (obscured by shading) | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 24 | |
| Catalogues: | K.29; M.6; T.16; W.22 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (24) | ||
STATE
Three states are known.
State 1
Signed 'J Whistler' (
,
) at lower left, although 'histler' is largely obscured by the shading, to the left of the boy's leg:
,
) at lower left, although 'histler' is largely obscured by the shading, to the left of the boy's leg:There are burnished areas at upper left and right, scraper marks at upper right, and a series of 'test' marks in the upper right corner.
State 2
There is a roughly horizontal line across the boy's jacket and left sleeve.
State 3
Horizontal lines are added in the shading at right; there are several long roughly vertical scratches near the left edge; scraper marks at upper right have been removed.