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Bunting |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46934) | |
| Number: | 304 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 178 x 127 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 11 | |
| Catalogues: | K.324; M.318; W.241 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (11) | ||
STATE
Two states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly at lower left.
The composition is complete.
State 2
Light drypoint additions are made to the shading on the two lowest pennants at the centre, and to the lines and masts behind the funnel; shading is added on the hulls and lines of the boats at far right; clouds are added between the pennants and masts at centre, and to the right of the smaller pennants.
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. 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.