Etching printed in dark brownish black on antique cream laid paper, 1880-81. 164x103 mm; 6 1/2x4 inches. MacDonald's first state (of 2), before cancellation. Edition of approximately only 30. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp" in pencil on the tab, lower left. From Twenty-Six Etchings. A brilliant, early, richly-inked impression of this extremely scarce etching.
Provenance: Otto Gerstenberg, Berlin (Lugt 2785, verso). Kennedy 237; Glasgow 243.
