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Stables

Impression: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la photographie
(Rés EC 123 Folio 3)
Number: 228
Date: 1879/1880
Medium: drypoint
Size: 167 x 236 mm
Signed: no
Inscribed: no
Set/Publication: no
No. of States: 3
Known impressions: 2
Catalogues: K.225; M.222; W.198
Impressions taken from this plate  (2)

STATE

Three states are known before cancellation.

State 1

Etching: K2250101
There is no signature or inscription.
The figure in the archway is shown in outline; the shading at left and centre in the upper doorway consists of diagonal and vertical lines with almost no cross-hatching.

State 2

Etching: K2250z01
The figure in the archway is more clearly defined; new cross-hatching covers the upper and lower archway, except for a small white patch at centre; the upper half of the window within the archway is more fully shaded.

State 3

Etching: K2250302
Fine shading now covers the small white patch in the centre of the archway; there are slight alterations to the figure, most notably to the crown and brim of his hat.

State 3 (cancelled)

Etching: PS_K225_01
Cancelled with one diagonal line.

No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 7

7: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.