Sketches including a head and a hat |  Whistler Etchings Project (-) | |
| Number: | 440 | |
| Date: | 1888/1889 | |
| Medium: | unbitten; drawn through the ground with an etching needle | |
| Size: | 64 x 45 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | ||
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 1 | |
| Catalogues: | K.-; M.-; T.-; W.- | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (1) | ||
TECHNIQUE
The copper plate for Sketches including a head and a hat shows the early stages of an etching -- the plate was covered with an etching ground, and the head and other details were drawn through the ground with an etching needle. The plate was not bitten, so this is an intended etching, not a completed one.
PRINTING
No impressions were taken as the plate was not fully executed.