Etchings Institutions search term: hughes kimber
Wild West: Indians | ||
Number: | 293 | |
Date: | 1887 | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
Size: | 82 x 185 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 1 | |
Known impressions: | 5 | |
Catalogues: | K.314; M.308; W.228 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (5) |
TECHNIQUE
This is almost entirely etching but there are a few diagonal drypoint lines among the shading on the centre of the grandstand.
PRINTING
Not many impressions were printed. The first proof of Wild West: Indians was printed in dark brown ink on cream laid paper removed from a book (). Others are in black ink on cream 'antique' (pre-1800) laid paper (), in dark brown on cream fibrous laid paper (). Most are trimmed to the platemark and signed on a tab with Whistler's butterfly and 'imp.' to show that he had printed them. However, one, printed slightly askew in black ink on off-white wove paper, is not trimmed, although it is both signed and inscribed with a title 'The Orator, Buffalo Bill.' ().