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Old Women |  Baltimore Museum of Art (1996.48.11685) | |
| Number: | 234 | |
| Date: | 1880 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 128 x 204 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper left (2-final) | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 5 | |
| Catalogues: | K.224; M.221; W.195 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (5) | ||
Old Women dates from 1880. It was etched in Venice, where Whistler arrived in September 1879. He was active in Venice from October 1879 to October 1880 and was in the area depicted in this etching in the summer and autumn of 1880. He was back in London in November 1880.