Artist: James A. M. Whistler (American, 1834 - 1903). Title: "Sketching". Medium: Original etching & drypoint. Date: Composed 1861. Dimensions: Overall size: 6 5/8 x 9 1/16 in. (168 x 230 mm). Image size: 4 3/4 x 6 9/16 in. (121 x 167 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed in the plate, lower right. MacDonald's sixth state of six (VI/VI) with the inscription and with the removal of part of the artist's stool. Cream wove paper. Ample margins. A very good, well inked impression. Good condition; tape remains, verso; mat burn; scattered foxing. Literature/catalogue raisonne: Kennedy 86; Glasgow 83. Provenance: Swann Auction Galleries, New York City. [30081-1-400]