The Muff

Date: 1874
Medium: Drypoint in black ink on medium weight laid paper
Dimensions: Plate: 126 x 75 mm. 5 x 3 in. Sheet: 157 x 100 mm. 6 1/4 x 4 in.      
Reference: Kennedy 113, third state of three; Glasgow 131, fourth state of four, the finished plate, prior to cancellation
Signature: Signed in the plate with the butterfly mid-right border
Provenance:  Sir W.R. Drake (1817-1890), Lugt 2743; among a “belles series d’œuvres de Whistler” (quote from Lugt) from Drake’s estate sold at Christies 8-9 March 1892, lot 308 (£3.5.0); possibly to Percy Thomas (1846-1922); John P. Elton, Waterbury, CT; By descent to his heirs, U.S.A
Impression: Very fine, with burr
Condition: Excellent, horizontal printing crease across the bottom, ample margins all around