Etching on antique cream laid paper, circa 1858. 120x80 mm; 4 3/4x3 1/8 inches, wide (full ?) margins. Second state (of 2). A very good impression with crisp, inky plate edges and warm plate tone.
A very scarce print. We have found only 6 other impressions at auction in the past 20 years.
An intimate study of Whistler's older half-sister Deborah, the first of 3 etched versions of Deborah reading that he made in the late 1850s. Kennedy 28.
