Sommeil (original title), Sleeping girl, print, printmaker: Philip Zilcken, 1867 - 1890, paper, Japanese paper (handmade paper), etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, zinc etching and drypoint, with plate tone, on Japanese paper, height 230 mm x width 147 mm, girl (child between toddler and youth), sleeping in bed, A sepia-toned sketch of a person lying on their side with head resting on a pillow, dark hair rendered with dense cross-hatching, a visible ear and a softly shaded profile, a beard suggested by short strokes, clothing drawn with light, loose lines and button details along the chest, arms folded across the body, textured pillow edges and surrounding sketchy marks indicating bedding, scattered fine scratches and smudges across the background, and an area of dense vertical strokes at the lower right.
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Sommeil (original title), Sleeping girl, print, printmaker: Philip Zilcken, 1867 - 1890, paper, Japanese paper (handmade paper), etching, drypoint, intaglio printmaking technique, zinc etching and drypoint, with plate tone, on Japanese paper, height 230 mm x width 147 mm, girl (child between toddler and youth), sleeping in bed, A sepia-toned sketch of a person lying on their side with head resting on a pillow, dark hair rendered with dense cross-hatching, a visible ear and a softly shaded profile, a beard suggested by short strokes, clothing drawn with light, loose lines and button details along the chest, arms folded across the body, textured pillow edges and surrounding sketchy marks indicating bedding, scattered fine scratches and smudges across the background, and an area of dense vertical strokes at the lower right.

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Sommeil original title Sleeping girl print printmaker Philip Zilcken 1867 - 1890 paper Japanese paper handmade paper etching drypoint intaglio printmaking technique zinc etching plate tone height 230 mm x width 147 mm girl child toddler youth sleeping bed sepia-toned sketch person lying side head resting pillow dark hair rendered dense cross-hatching visible ear softly shaded profile beard suggested short strokes clothing drawn light loose lines button details chest arms folded across body textured pillow edges surrounding sketchy marks indicating bedding scattered fine scratches smudges across background area dense vertical strokes lower right

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