1. What does Weyman see in the plate and how does it help him confirm who created the etching? 2. What is a state? Discuss how Weyman knows the state of this etching.
3. Explain why the watermark that Weyman was able to see is significant.

1. What medium was Rembrandt renowned for? How did Rembrandt perfect this medium?
2. What tools are used for etching?
3. Describe Rembrandt’s “Old Bearded Man” and “Self-Portrait with Saskia.”
4. When did Rembrandt create his etchings?

themselves

an intensive pronoun is a pronoun that ends in self or selves, such as himself, herself, themselves, yourself, ourselves. since band members is a third person plural, the correct intensive pronoun would be themselves. if the band was talked about as a collective noun, itself would be the appropriate intensive pronoun. intensive pronouns are used to add emphasis to the noun it's modifying which is why it directly follows it.

the words "strangest" and "unusual" suggest (:

the tree invited all its friends to its lumber party. the party was at saruman's tower in isengard because saruman had killed some trees