Jo's Bent Head |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.409) | |
| Number: | 88 | |
| Date: | 1861 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 226 x 152 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 25 | |
| Catalogues: | K.78; M.78 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (25) | ||
STATE
Three states are known.
State 1
There is no signature or inscription.
Kennedy described the impression reproduced above as having 'heavy effect of ink left on the plate'. 5
5: Kennedy 1910[more] (cat. no. 78).
State 2
Three light slanting lines are added to the hem of the skirt at lower right.
State 3
Foul biting at upper right and on the skirt at right has been partly removed.
The plate shows signs of corrosion and scratches, sometimes disguised by ink tone, as in the impression reproduced. These appear to have been removed, or printed so that they are less visible, as in the impression shown below.
