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Greenwich Pensioner |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.259) | |
| Number: | 40 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 99 x 136 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | 'Greenwich - 1859.' at lower right | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 34 | |
| Catalogues: | K.34; M.33; T.15; W.32 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (34) | ||
STATE
Two states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed 'Whistler.' and inscribed 'Greenwich - 1859.' at lower right.
State 2
Horizontal lines are added at the extreme top; the outline of the right arm and hand is heavier.
In most impressions, including the one reproduced, there are a lot of small specks of foul biting.
State 2 (cancelled)
Cancelled with zigzag lines across the figure.