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Soupe à trois sous |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.250) | |
| Number: | 64 | |
| Date: | 1859 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 152 x 228 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler. -' at upper right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 56 | |
| Catalogues: | K.49; M.49; T.25; W.27 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (56) | ||
STATE
One state is known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed 'Whistler. —' above and to right of centre.
While Wedmore identified an impression in the Avery collection (now in the New York Public Library; 
) as 'an early proof before the plate was cleaned,' Kennedy correctly noted that the marks were outside the platemark. The marks are offset printer's ink on the surface of the paper. 13
) as 'an early proof before the plate was cleaned,' Kennedy correctly noted that the marks were outside the platemark. The marks are offset printer's ink on the surface of the paper. 13
13: See Kennedy 1910 , cat. no. 49.
State 1 (cancelled)
Cancelled with vertical and crossed diagonal lines.