The Young Tree |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46909) | |
| Number: | 285 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching | |
| Size: | 133 x 95 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at right | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 1 | |
| Known impressions: | 5 | |
| Catalogues: | K.296; M.291 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (5) | ||
The Young Tree dates from the summer of 1887 (it shows leaves on the tree and children sitting on the grass, suggesting a warm summer day). The butterfly signature is consistent with this date. It was exhibited in Brussels in February of the following year, and first sold on 3 May 1888. 1
It is one of the 'Grey's Inn Set', most of which were done in 1887, such as The Steps, Gray's Inn [282] and The Baby, Gray's Inn [288].
It is one of the 'Grey's Inn Set', most of which were done in 1887, such as The Steps, Gray's Inn [282] and The Baby, Gray's Inn [288].
1: Brussels 1888 (cat. no. 5); Whistler to Wunderlich's, GUW #13051.