
Augustus Edwin John (1878-1961) Girl with a Black Hat Etching, 1901, on heavy wove paper, second state (of three), a fine proof impression printed with considerable plate-tone, before the published edition, inscribed to Mrs Orpen with John’s old friendship Plate: 8.9 x 7.6 cm Provenance: P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1977 Literature: Campbell Dodgson 38 A portrait of Ida Nettleship, the artist’s wife