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The Little Rag Shop, Milman's Row | Hunterian Art Gallery (54878) |
Number: | 265 |
Date: | 1886 |
Medium: | etching and drypoint |
Size: | 71 x 103 mm |
Signed: | butterfly at upper left |
Inscribed: | no |
Set/Publication: | no |
No. of States: | 2 |
Known impressions: | 6 |
Catalogues: | K.257; M.253; W.209 |
Impressions taken from this plate (6) |
STATE
Two states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly at upper left, near the top edge.
State 2
Close diagonal drypoint shading is added above the head of the woman seated in the doorway, along with cross-hatching in the interior above and behind her; very light, short lines are added under the cap of the child below and to the left of her.
State 2 (cancelled)
Cancelled with a diagonal line.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 12
12: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.