JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER, ETCHING AND DRYPOINT

JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER (AMERICAN, LOWELL, MASS.1834–03 LONDON) ETCHING AND DRYPOINT, 1883 H 5.25" W 3.188" SWAN AND IRIS (Sketch After Cecil Lawson's Swan and Iris). Printed in black on watermarked ivory laid paper, Literature: Kennedy 241; Glasgow 247; Mansfield 238. Sheet H 7.125" W 4.5"

with light staining, some time staining along the extreme sheet edges, tape staining in the upper right and left sheet corners, minor pinhole losses along the extreme left sheet edge, loss to the lower left corner and sheet edge (unobtrusive to the image), stay pencil notations verso, otherwise no visible abrasions, a strong, well-inked impression.