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The Turret Ship |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46930) | |
| Number: | 305 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 128 x 178 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 14 | |
| Catalogues: | K.321; M.316 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (14) | ||
STATE
Two states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly at right, just below centre.
State 2
Short, fine horizontal drypoint lines are added along the horizon at right, along with two wavy drypoint lines in the water at centre.
The drypoint lines wore down quickly, particularly at the horizon, and can be difficult to see without magnification.
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. 10
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 10
10: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.