Etching and drypoint printed in dark brownish black on cream laid paper, 1887. 128x178 mm; 5x7 inches, full margins. MacDonald's second state (of 5). Signed with the butterfly and inscibred "imp." in pencil on the tab, lower left. A superb impression of this very scarce, early trial proof.
We have found only 4 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. MacDonald notes only 10 known impressions. Kennedy 293; Glasgow 355.
