The Velvet Dress (Mrs Leyland) |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46774) | |
| Number: | 120 | |
| Date: | 1873/1874 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 232 x 157 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 7 | |
| Known impressions: | 17 | |
| Catalogues: | K.105; M.105; T.76; W.91 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (17) | ||
The Velvet Dress (Mrs Leyland) dates from 1873/1874. It was first exhibited in 1874. 1 The etched butterfly signature - reproduced below - is consistent with these dates.
Other drypoint portraits from this period include The Little Velvet Dress [119], Fanny Leyland [135], Florence Leyland [136], Elinor Leyland [137], and The Piano [144].
Other drypoint portraits from this period include The Little Velvet Dress [119], Fanny Leyland [135], Florence Leyland [136], Elinor Leyland [137], and The Piano [144].
1: Liverpool 1874 (cat. no. 479).