Etching and drypoint printed in dark brownish black on cream laid paper, 1879-80. 296x202 mm; 11 3/4x8 inches. MacDonald's ninth state (of 9), with the butterfly lower right and all of the delicate shading distinct, notably the fine diagonal lines on the stern of the boat lower center. Edition of approximately only 30. Signed with the butterfly and inscribed "imp." in pencil on the tab, lower left. From Twenty-Six Etchings. A superb, well-inked impression of this scarce etching, with selective wiping most visible in the foreground water and the left side of the plate. Kennedy 204; Glasgow 201.
