The Letter (Maud, seated) |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.346) | |
| Number: | 116 | |
| Date: | 1873 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 140 x 101 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 5 | |
| Known impressions: | 8 | |
| Catalogues: | K.115; M.114; W.100 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (8) | ||
The Letter (Maud, seated) probably dates from 1873. The butterfly signature is consistent with this date.
Whistler wrote '-73-' on one impression, and the number '3', which might mean it was the third impression printed ().