The Silk Dress | ||
Number: | 151 | |
Date: | 1875 | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
Size: | 209 x 134 mm | |
Signed: | no | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
No. of States: | 2 | |
Known impressions: | 18 | |
Catalogues: | K.107; M.115 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (18) |
STATE
Two states are known before cancellation.
State 1
There is no signature or inscription.
There are no lines in the background.
State 2
Vertical lines indicate a curtain in the background; her hand and the skirt below and to right of it are shaded with a few short diagonal lines; the skirt is lengthened and widened in front; the hem and front edge of the train are partly defined and shaded.
State 2 (cancelled)
Cancelled with closely drawn zigzag lines over the head and torso.