Etching and drypoint printed in black on tissue-thin, cream laid Japan paper, 1859. 249x172 mm; 9 3/4x6 7/8 inches, full margins. MacDonald's first state (of 2), with the second signature in the plate extreme lower left. A brilliant, luminous, richly-inked and early impression with all the details distinct, with the drypoint signature lower left showing clearly and with touches of drypoint throughout. Kennedy 46; Glasgow 55.
