Etchings Institutions search term: copley society
The Dam Wood | ||
Number: | 133 | |
Date: | 1874/1875 | |
Medium: | drypoint | |
Size: | 177 x 113 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at right (3-final) | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 4 | |
Known impressions: | 11 | |
Catalogues: | K.145; M.143; W.120 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (11) |
STATE
Four states are known before cancellation.
State 2
The shadows of the tree at the right and in the foreground are augmented with short diagonal lines; slightly slanting lines are added to the foliage at upper left, near the left edge.
State 3
Signed with a butterfly at right, below the centre.
The far boundary of the field is defined and the distant trees are made higher, with more trees added in the centre; a building is suggested beyond the field at left; short diagonal and zigzag shading augments the shadows in the foreground; the grass or bushes behind the near trees are enhanced and extended with diagonal shading; more clusters of leaves are added on the upper branches of the near trees and some branches have been added or redrawn.