UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

Signed with a butterfly at upper left.

The composition is complete, except that the steps and reflections are barely indicated.

The top of each step is drawn in; the back and skirt of the girl facing the steps are shaded, and she casts a shadow to right; there are some additions, possibly in drypoint, including patches of shading in the water.

The five lower steps are finished and shaded; the wooden pilings supporting the cobbled pavement have been partly rubbed down and reworked; new shading is added in the water, reaching the bottom edge, and in the doorways; the shadow cast by the girl's leg on the cobbles has been removed; the head and body of the woman standing on the top of the steps are drawn in; the skirt of the woman in the doorway at left is shaded.

Longer fine vertical lines shade the steps, and the tops of the steps are more clearly defined; new shading is added on the wooden bulkhead above the canal.

Perpendicular lines partly shade the white space at lower left; diagonal lines are added at lower right; the shadows in the doorways look as if they have been rubbed down.

Cancelled with a diagonal line.

No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 10