Opening the Fold, or Early Morning
1880 · Etching; third state of ten, retouched in graphite · plate: 6 3/8 x 9 1/16 in. (16.2 x 23 cm) sheet: 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (26 x 36.2 cm)

Palmer, Opening the Fold, or Early Morning, 1880. Etching; third state of ten, retouched in graphite.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of G. L. Winthrop, 1917
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