The Steps, Gray's Inn |  Freer Gallery of Art (1888.17) | |
| Number: | 282 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 67 x 179 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at upper left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 7 | |
| Catalogues: | K.295; M.290 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (7) | ||
STATE
One state is known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly to left of centre, on the bank to right of the steps. A second butterfly is faintly visible, approximately 26 mm below the stronger one.
In posthumous impressions of this state, the second butterfly has faded and there are spots of corrosion below the seated figures, to right of centre, as shown in the image below.
State 1 (cancelled)
Cancelled with one diagonal line.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known.
This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 5
No impression from the cancelled plate is known.
This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 5
5: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.