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Impression: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
(1943.3.8588)
Number: 270
Date: 1886/1887
Medium: etching and drypoint
Size: 133 x 98 mm
Signed: butterfly at upper right
Inscribed: no
Set/Publication: no
No. of States: 3
Known impressions: 5
Catalogues: K.284; M.280
Impressions taken from this plate  (5)
Marbles dates from between 1886 and 1887. The butterfly signature is consistent with these dates.
It is close in size to several etchings including J.H. Woods' Fruit Shop, Chelsea 327, Gates, City, London 280, Charing Cross Bridge 348, The Little Nurse, Grays Inn 286 and Windsor Castle 314, all of which date from between 1886 and 1888.