The Fur Cloak - Mrs Herbert |  Freer Gallery of Art (1893.24) | |
| Number: | 367 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 218 x 128 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 2 | |
| Known impressions: | 4 | |
| Catalogues: | K.332; M.328; W.221 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (4) | ||
STATE
Two states are known before cancellation.
State 1
There is no signature or inscription.
In later impressions the drypoint wore considerably, and Kennedy mistook these worn impressions for a separate state, his second. 9 An impression with worn drypoint is reproduced below.
9: Kennedy 1910 (cat. no. 332).
State 2
Left to right (\\\) diagonal shading is added above and to the right of the figure's head, and along and to the right of her left shoulder; there are several short, almost horizontal lines above her hem at lower right; a series of irregular left to right diagonal lines cross the gown below her hip.
State 2 (cancelled)
Cancelled with a diagonal line.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 10
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 10
10: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.