120The Velvet Dress (Mrs Leyland)National Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8464 State: 5?/7 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Sir John Day (1826-1908), London. H. Wunderlich & Co., New York. Theodore de Witt (according to an inscription on the mat.) Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10526 |
| Paper size: | 301 x 200 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 232 x 160 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | the sheet was removed from a book; with sewing holes at left sheet edge |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone near the plate corners |
| Note on foul biting: | a few little pits and a stray line at upper left |
| Print note: |
| 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: | no |
| Collector's mark: | 'Sir John Day' (Lugt 526); 'Theodore de Witt' according to an inscription on the mat (no coll mark); 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'a …' (erased number on verso) |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W.91' at lower left on the recto; 'The Velvet Dress' at centre on the recto; 'No. 3' at lower centre on the verso; '(C)94' at lower right on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1050408 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.