Sale 2507, Part I - Old Master Through Modern Prints, May 2, 2019

163 c JAMES A. M. WHISTLER Rotherhithe. Etching and drypoint printed in black on antique cream laid paper, 1860. 275x195 mm; 10 7 / 8 x7 3 / 4 inches, full margins. MacDonald’s sixth state (of 6), with the drypoint lines across the chest and pipe of the man smoking at left. A superb, richly-inked impression with velvety burr, the multitude of delicate lines in the sky all distinct and with very strong contrasts. Kennedy 66; Glasgow 70. [5,000/8,000]