James Abbott McNeill Whistler 1834-1903

Etching printed in dark brown with light plate tone in the water, 1889, a proof between the fifth and sixth state of this rare print, with the etched work extending to the right edge of the plate and with the shading in the water considerably reduced, signed on the tab with the butterfly and inscribed imp in pencil, on laid paper, in good condition apart from minor foxing mainly along upper and right edges of sheet, with remains of paper tape along lower and left edge of sheet verso (including the tab)