Troopships | ||
Number: | 307 | |
Date: | 1887 | |
Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
Size: | 128 x 178 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at lower right | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | no | |
No. of States: | 2 | |
Known impressions: | 13 | |
Catalogues: | K.319; M.314; W.238 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (13) |
STATE
Two states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with the butterfly at lower right.
The composition is complete.
State 2
With fine horizontal drypoint lines added along the horizon, among the ships; fine right to left drypoint shading (///) is added on the hulls on either side of the square white sail to the right of centre.
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. 8
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 8
8: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.