Etching and drypoint printed in dark brownish black on antique cream laid paper, 1879-80. 298x203 mm; 11¾x8 inches. MacDonald's second state (of 3), before the butterfly signature in the plate center left and still with very light pentimenti of figures and objects in the lower third of the plate and with remnants of acid droplets along the right edge of the plate. 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, richly-inked impression with all the details distinct. Kennedy 211; Glasgow 199.
