Etching and drypoint printed in black on thin, cream laid Japan paper, 1859. 98x133 mm; 4x5 1/4 inches, full margins. MacDonald's second state (of 2), with the woman's nose retroussé and her mouth slightly smiling. A brilliant, richly-inked impression of this very scarce, early etching.
MacDonald notes a total of approximately only 35 impressions of this subject. We have found only 11 other impressions at auction in the past 30 years. Kennedy 37; Glasgow 42.
