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Elinor Leyland

Hunterian Art Gallery
Accession no: 50332
State: C/8

Collection credit:The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Birnie Philip Gift, 1935  
Image credit:Photo © The Hunterian, University of Glasgow  
Provenance:Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Acquired by Whistler's executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip, trimmed and stuck on the envelope containing the copperplate; given by her to the University of Glasgow, 1935.  

 

Paper size:  
Plate mark size:204 x 132 mm  
Note on size:trimmed close to or within the platemark  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:yes  
Colour of the paper:white  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):  
Note on the paper:laid down on the envelope containing the copper plate so impossible to examine paper fully.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:etching  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
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:  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:  
Dealers' stock nos:  
Misc inscriptions by others:  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1090804  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.