Etching, 1648, a scarce print, a good impression of the third (final) state, with the date added, a few touches of burr, with double-printing at left, on paper with a Foolscap watermark

With thread margins, trimmed into an arch-shape at top, a circa 8mm repaired area in the sky at upper left edge, creases in the blank area at upper left with a small associated 'v' shaped tear, a soft diagonal fold extending from upper left to the centre of lower edge, a fox mark at upper right edge, thin areas at corners and along edges of sheet (mainly visible verso), other minor defects, unframed.
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