Speke Shore |  National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1943.3.8476) | |
| Number: | 139 | |
| Date: | 1875 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 155 x 230 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 21 | |
| Catalogues: | K.144; M.142; W.119 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (21) | ||
STATE
Five states are known before cancellation.
State 1
There is no signature or inscription.
The impression reproduced shows that the plate was damaged by corrosion or foul biting round the edge. In its current form it is a drypoint, so foul biting is ruled out, although some other form of damage or corrosion could have occurred. It is possible that the plate originally held another etching.
State 2
There is no signature or inscription.
The plate has been cleaned.
State 3
A patch of slightly slanting lines is added halfway up the hill, above centre; the woman's hat has a veil flying from it, to right; short lines shade the tree trunk below the signboard.
State 4
Diagonal shading is added above and at upper left of the patch of shading above centre; the tree-stems at left are shaded; more diagonal shading is added on the grass under the trees, right down to the beach; the shading on the back of the woman's jacket and skirt has been reinforced with short diagonal lines.
State 5
The patch of shading above centre has been reinforced and extended at right; long diagonal lines are added on the grass or bushes around the centre, just above the beach; a few diagonal lines are added under the tree to right of the signboard; patches of diagonal shading are added to left of the trees and below them, along the edge of the beach; the woman's features are clearer, and her jacket is more shaded.
State 5 (cancelled)
Cancelled with a few rough crossed diagonal lines, and short zigzag lines across the figure and parts of the landscape. There is also foul biting in the lower left quadrant.