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Ross Winans |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.322) | |
| Number: | 72 | |
| Date: | 1860 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 253 x 203 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at upper right (1-final); 'Whistler' in upper right corner (1); corner signature erased (2) | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 8 | |
| Catalogues: | K.88; M.88; T.67; W.76 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (8) | ||
STATE
Two states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed 'Whistler.' at upper right, and, faintly, 'Whistler' in the upper right corner.
State 2
The faint signature at upper right has been erased; curving lines are added in drypoint on the right arm at the top of the sleeve and at the lower edge, and zigzag lines below the elbow.
State 2 (cancelled)
Cancelled with vigorous diagonal lines all over the figure and musical instruments.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 4
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 4
4: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.