Tilbury |  Art Institute of Chicago (1933.214) | |
| Number: | 312 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 83 x 179 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 3 | |
| Known impressions: | 10 | |
| Catalogues: | K.317; M.312 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (10) | ||
STATE
Three states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly at lower left.
The composition is complete.
State 2
With fine drypoint shading added along the horizon line at centre and above some rooftops at left; with additions to the bowsprits and lines on the central ship and on the hulls behind the ship at the extreme right.
State 3
Near vertical and diagonal drypoint lines are added under the central clouds.
One impression, reproduced below, was worked over extensively in pen and ink.
State 3 (cancelled)
Cancelled with a diagonal line.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 5
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 5
5: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.