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Dieppe |  National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1949.5.265) | |
| Number: | 251 | |
| Date: | 1885 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 51 x 83 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 5 | |
| Catalogues: | K.246; M.244; W.202 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (5) | ||
STATE
Two states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly at lower left.
State 2
Drypoint shading is added on the butterfly, and on the shoulders of the woman with the parasol; the flagpole above the woman has been widened.
State 2 (cancelled)
Cancelled with crossed diagonal lines.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 6
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 6
6: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.