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The Steamboat, Venice |  Freer Gallery of Art (1905.203) | |
| Number: | 212 | |
| Date: | 1879/1880 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 264 x 185 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.228; M.225 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
STATE
Four states are known.
State 1
There is no signature or inscription.
The rigging of the central mast on the steamboat at left is incomplete; there are only one or two figures, faintly suggested, at the edge of the quay at lower right.
State 2
The central mast on the steamboat at left is partly removed, along with some details on the horizon behind it; the outer curving line by the quay is extended; several more figures are partly added in drypoint at the left and centre of the quay; the outline of a curving prow is added above the central group of sketched figures.
State 3
The central mast on the steamboat at left is redrawn and its rigging completed with drypoint lines; reflections are added below the largest boat under sail.
State 4
The upper part of the outer curving line is removed or worn away; spots of foul biting appear, mostly at the top of the image.