Aquatint and soft-ground etching, c. 1879, the third state (of four), signed in pencil, on wove paper, framed

The print is in good condition, with wide margins. Skinning along the plate edge at right and bottom (from center of lower edge to upper right), with associated ink loss. The margins with a small paper loss lower left and a pin-hole lower right, surface soiling and a few soft handling creases. Remains of hinges verso at top.
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Ex coll. Robert Hartschorne (L. 2215b)