Railway Arch, American Square |  Art Institute of Chicago (1938.1922) | |
| Number: | 316 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 70 x 163 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 8 | |
| Catalogues: | K.268; M.264; W.218 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (8) | ||
STATE
Four states are known.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly at the left edge, below centre.
The composition is complete.
State 2
The arch is darkened by cross-hatching, making the people and the lantern more distinct; shading is added on the cornice; light drypoint shading is added on the ground in front of the arch and on the wall to the right.
State 3
Shading fills a small white area betwen two groups of figures in the archway at right.
State 4
Additional shading augments the shadows in the upper half of the arch, particularly at right.
State 4 (cancelled)
Cancelled with one diagonal line.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known.