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Rochester Row, Westminster |  Art Institute of Chicago (1938.1924) | |
| Number: | 383 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 152 x 228 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 5 | |
| Catalogues: | K.269; M.265; W.219 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (5) | ||
STATE
Four states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly near the left edge, above centre.
The composition is complete.
State 2
Fine, nearly vertical drypoint lines shade the space between the railing and the child standing to right of the cart.
State 3
Short left to right diagonal drypoint lines (\\\) are added below the edge of the awning on the centre shop; additional diagonal drypoint shading darkens a light area above the heads of the two walking women.
State 4
The butterfly is shaded with fine drypoint lines; patches of drypoint lines are added to the lower panes of two windows above the central shop; etched shading is added above the heads of the two walking women to right of centre and to all the window panes and interior of the shop at the right.
State 4 (cancelled)
Cancelled with one diagonal line.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 7
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 7
7: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.