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Elinor Leyland

New York Public Library
Accession no: MEZAP
State: 3/8

Collection credit:  
Image credit:Photo Whistler Etchings Project / E. G. Kennedy, The Etched Work of Whistler (1910)  
Provenance:Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904), New York; listed by E. G. Kennedy as owned by the Lenox Library, 1910 (Lenox Library became part of New York Public Library, 1911).  

 

Paper size:309 x 207 mm  
Plate mark size:214 x 140 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japan  
Note on the paper:beautiful lustrous japan  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:no  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:light overall grey  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:A dramatic impression with burr on dress and background.  

 

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:'Whistler' in pencil on recto  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'5 / 1873 -' 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:' - Elinor - Leyland -' on recto  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1090301  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.