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Hôtel Lallement, Bourges |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46640) | |
| Number: | 396 | |
| Date: | 1888 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 165 x 271 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 7 | |
| Catalogues: | K.399; M.398 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (7) | ||
STATE
Four states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly above and to the left of the woman.
The composition is complete.
State 2
Diagonal drypoint lines are added within the doorway, at upper left; the space between the woman's feet is shaded; short drypoint lines are added to the shading in the area where the two walls meet, just to the left of and beneath the base of the oriel window.
State 3
The woman's feet, the shading between them and the hem of her dress are partly removed; the drypoint lines among the shading where the two walls meet are worn.
State 4
The woman's feet, the shading between them and the hem of her dress are almost completely removed.
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. 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.