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James McNeill Whistler

Old Woman and Child in Oval (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate)

1854–55
Etching; proof impression of the only state (Glasgow 1); this is a fragment cut from the upper portion of "Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate" (Kennedy no. 1) by Whistler and mounted on a board with six other related fragments. Cited by Glasgow as the earliest known impression.
3.7 × 3.1 cm (1.5 × 1.2 in)

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