Etching and drypoint, with plate tone on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 3/4 x 14 5/16 inches (24.8 x 36.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right, written diagonally upwards: "83" (underlined); inscribed in graphite, center right: an arrow pointing downwards; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Mons. <Ja[...]> Michelin | S. Haden"; inscribed in graphite, lower left: "H. 18 | Trial C | Out of my study window." ("Trial C" is inserted above the main line of text); inscribed in graphite, lower right: "[?OJ]635.225"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "C. 8901"; inscribed in graphite, upper left on back: "<38> | 83" (underlined); inscribed in brown ink, upper right to lower right on back, written vertically downwards: "[?No] = 8096. | [?Chillier] - [?Arnulie]"; inscribed in graphite, lower center on back: "une des trois epreuves [sic] tirees avant [?lu] [?separation] | Vente Michelin No 396"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mrs. Howard Mansfield