Riault (The Wood Engraver) |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.305) | |
| Number: | 69 | |
| Date: | 1860 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 230 x 154 mm | |
| Signed: | 'Whistler.' at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | '1860.' at lower right | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 22 | |
| Catalogues: | K.65; M.65; T.58; W.62 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (22) | ||
TECHNIQUE
Drypoint, boldly drawn with long lines on the body and short, delicate shading on the face and hands, and enriched with bold shading in later states.
PRINTING
Only four out of the five known pre-cancellation impressions of this drypoint have been located. They were printed in black ink with rich, soft burr on ivory or buff 'modern' (post-1800) or 'antique' laid paper (i.e. 
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, ).Impressions from the cancelled plate are mostly from the album published by the Fine Art Society in 1879 (e.g. ). They were printed in black ink, usually on laid paper. Watermarks include cursive 'Van Gelder' (), horned crown (, ), and Strasbourg Lily ().
). They were printed in black ink, usually on laid paper. Watermarks include cursive 'Van Gelder' (), horned crown (, ), and Strasbourg Lily ().