Dipping the Flag |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46937) | |
| Number: | 308 | |
| Date: | 1887 | |
| Medium: | etching and drypoint | |
| Size: | 82 x 178 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 4 | |
| Known impressions: | 10 | |
| Catalogues: | K.325; M.319; W.242 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (10) | ||
STATE
Four states are known before cancellation.
State 1
Signed with a butterfly at lower left.
The composition is complete.
The impression reproduced has small dashes of ink at upper right, probably produced during the wiping process.
State 2
With fine horizontal drypoint shading above the horizon to the right of the large sailing ship in the background; there are a few new horizontal lines below that ship.
State 3
The fine horizontal and curving lines among the waves at the centre of the plate are mostly removed or worn away.
State 4
Small clouds are added lightly in drypoint; light horizontal drypoint shading is added above the horizon at centre and right.
State 4 (cancelled)
Cancelled with a diagonal line.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 6
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 6
6: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.