Third state of Manet's second etched version of Baudelaire in profile. In the first version, small parallel strokes indicate slight shading in the hat, coat collar, and tie. These strokes are eliminated completely in the second version, leaving a pure outline drawing. This contour line is much more refined than in the earlier composition, a shift towards clarity and precision consistent with Manet's other efforts in the late 1860s. A Japanese-inspired monogram was added to the upper right corner in the second state, and lettering along lower-edge added in third. Sandblad believes that this portrait was taken from the 1862 plate at the time of the publication of Asselineau's biography of the author, and that the words "Peint et gravé par Manet, 1862" refer to the time when the portrait type was created, and not the time of the etching's execution.