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Zaandam |  Hunterian Art Gallery (49904) | |
| Number: | 458 | |
| Date: | 1889 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 131 x 221 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 16 | |
| Catalogues: | K.416; M.414; W.268 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (16) | ||
STATE
Two states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly upper left of centre, above the clouds.
The composition is complete, done in pure etching.
State 2
The roof and arms are added in drypoint to the large windmill at left; numerous light drypoint lines are added on the clouds.
In later impressions the drypoint faded slightly.
The impression reproduced above has some paper irregularities and creases.
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. 9
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 9
9: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.