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The Velvet Dress (Mrs Leyland)

British Museum
Accession no: 1973-09-15-23
State: 2/7

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo © Trustees of the British Museum  
Provenance:Acquired from Whistler by W. C. Alexander; passed by family descent to his daughter, Rachel Alexander; sold by her executors with 19 other etchings for a total of £3165.0.0 to the British Museum, London, 1973 (Report of Gere, Keeper of the Print Room, 17 17 August 1973, Trustees Reports).  
Additional acq. no:PRN: PPA50407  

 

Paper size:307 x 208 mm  
Plate mark size:232 x 157 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:buff  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:thin, some wood flecks  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:some residual tone  
Note on foul biting:a few dots  
Print note:some burr, a lot on the head, a blot/blemish on her upper lip  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:no  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:no  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'6' possibly by Whistler on recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:no  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'10' bottom right on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1050202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.