120The Velvet Dress (Mrs Leyland)Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1904.6 State: 7/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Obach & Co., London; bought by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | |
| Plate mark size: | 232 x 156 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | [? ] 'v' countermark? |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | considerable plate tone over figure's hair, hat and dress |
| Note on foul biting: | Small circular scratches to the right of the skirt, 76 mm above the lower right late corner. |
| Print note: | The circular scratches at lower right are visible in Kennedy's illustration of the fifth state. A lot of horizontal scratches. It uses ink, burr and retroussage to make the dress appear gloosy blakc |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | 'Mrs. Leyland - ' |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | pencil butterfly of 1886 or 1887 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | "'Mrs Leyland,' undescribed. From Obach + Co, £173.5 / In drypoint on the same plate used for 'The Velvet Dress.' W.91" and 'Not in Wedmore' on the lower margin on the verso by C. L. Freer; 'F' at upper left on recto; '117' upper right on verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1050501 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.