137Elinor LeylandWalker Art Gallery, LiverpoolAccession no: WAG 7786 State: 3/8 |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | |
| Provenance: | P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London; bought by the Walker Art Gallery, January 1972, £475 (V&A purchase grant fund, £237.50). |
| Paper size: | 308 x 211 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 214 x 139 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | light weight |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | There is a medium print tone, that is darker in the background shadows. |
| Note on foul biting: | However, there are a few marks at the lower right where the plate has been damaged. |
| Print note: | There are beautiful velvety effects from the drypoint. In the foreground there is a mottled effect from wiping. |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C 25422' on recto, at lower right, in margin; 'c.25422' (scored out). |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'J. McNeill Whistler.'on recto, at lower left margin, 'K.109 III of 7', 'Elinor Leyland', '(1873)'; '6x' at lower right; '60' (encircled) on verso, at lower left. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1090308 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.