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Bird-Cages, Chelsea |  Art Institute of Chicago (1937.172) | |
| Number: | 297 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 153 x 230 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 8 | |
| Catalogues: | K.276; M.271 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (8) | ||
STATE
Two states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly at upper left.
The composition is complete.
State 2
Fine drypoint verticals are added to the left of the doorway at left; left to right diagonals (\\\) are added on and between the figures in the doorway at right.
State 2 (cancelled)
Possibly cancelled with very light diagonal lines, but these marks may just be accidental scratches.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 15
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 15
15: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.