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Annie Haden |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46749) | |
| Number: | 67 | |
| Date: | 1860 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 357 x 217 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | '1860.' at lower left | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 17 | |
| Catalogues: | K.62; M.62; T.51; W.57 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (17) | ||
STATE
Four states are known.
State 1
Signed 'Whistler.' and dated '1860.' with '6' reversed, at lower left.
Near the bottom is the faint outline of a girl's head, upside down; Annie's cape and skirt are indicated roughly.
State 2
Annie's right leg is roughly outlined.
State 3
Most additions are in drypoint: the figure and curtain are completed, with the cape folded back at left, a broad ribbon tied at her waist, with the ends hanging down; she wears dark stockings and slippers with rosettes, and stands on a patterned carpet; the bottom of the curtain is seen just under the hem of her skirt; there is a small nearly horizontal mark just above and to left of the hat.
The marks of acid droplets are visible at both lower corners: the carpet may have been etched.
State 4
The marks of acid at the lower corners are removed; the carpet may have been reinforced with drypoint. In late impressions the drypoint is much worn, as in the impression reproduced below.
