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Lot 18
  • 18

James McNeill Whistler

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • James McNeill Whistler
  • The Lime-burner (K. 46)
  • etching and drypoint
  • 253 by 176 mm 9 7/8 by 7 in
  • sheet 277 by 202 mm 10 7/8 by 8 1/8 in
Etching, 1860, a fine, richly inked impression of the second (final) state, from the Thames Set, on laid paper with the watermark '...erven D[?]', published by Ellis and Green, London, framed

Condition

The print is in good condition. A few inconspicuous pale fox marks in the image, the margins with pale light- and time stain.
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