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The Sail |  Freer Gallery of Art (1903.16) | |
| Number: | 98 | |
| Date: | 1863 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 211 x 135 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 1 | |
| Catalogues: | K.157; M.154 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (1) | ||
TECHNIQUE
This is an unfinished drypoint.
PRINTING
Whistler wrote on the sole surviving impression, ''The Sail - / only two proofs pulled / plate destroyed -' (
). This was printed in black ink on ivory laid paper. The second proof has not been located.
). This was printed in black ink on ivory laid paper. The second proof has not been located.