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Grand'Place, Brussels |  Freer Gallery of Art (1903.246) | |
| Number: | 335 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 222 x 143 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 15 | |
| Catalogues: | K.362; M.354; W.251 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (15) | ||
STATE
Two states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly at right, just above centre.
The composition is complete; the dark, open windows and doorways are shaded with drypoint, and there are patches of light drypoint shading on the windows and doorway at lower right.
The drypoint on the windows and doorway at lower right is barely visible on most impressions.
State 2
Patches of fine etched shading are added throughout the façade, on doors, windows and decorative architectural elements.
State 2 (cancelled)
Cancelled with one diagonal line.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 5
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 5
5: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.