Dancer Putting on Her Shoe

EDGAR DEGAS (1834-1917) Dancer Putting on Her Shoe the original copper printing plate, cancelled, the cancellation marks softened with burnishing, circa 1888, scratch numbered ‘XV’, with the manufacturer's stamp E. BRIDAULT/?/7 RUE DE LA HUCHETT, with the stamped insignia Three axe heads around a V in a circle/POOTO (?) on the reverse (see R&S. p. 266), with a proof envelope impression from the cancelled plate, on wove paper, without watermark Overall (plate): 7 1⁄8 x 4 5⁄8 in. (180 x 119 mm.) Proof Envelope (folded): 7 3⁄8 x 5 in. (189 x 128 mm.)