120The Velvet Dress (Mrs Leyland)Metropolitan Museum of Art, New YorkAccession no: 40.3.1 State: 6/7 |
| Collection credit: | Gift of Harold K. Hochschild, 1940 |
| Image credit: | Image © The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | H. Wunderlich & Co., New York (stock no. a 25147). Given by Harold K. Hochschild to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1940. |
| Paper size: | 235 x 158 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 310 x 208 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | dark ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | etching (drypoint) |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light tone, slightly more at right |
| Note on foul biting: | except mark at top corner and right edge, a few dots |
| Print note: | a beautiful impression, with heavy burr on head |
| 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: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | stamp of Metropolitan Museum visible through from verso |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a 25147' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '6' or '16' (small) at bottom right on recto; '10' (small) on verso; 'The Velvet Dress - Mrs Leyland early proof very rare-' |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1050406 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.