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Florence Leyland

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1934.585
State: 8/11

Collection credit:Bryan Lathrop Collection  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Sir William Richard Drake (d. 1890); possibly sold at Christie's, London, 8-9 March 1892 (lot 302/303). Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934.  
Additional acq. no:R 533  

 

Paper size:328 x 203 mm  
Plate mark size:214 x 138 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:the sheet was removed from a book, with old inscription in brown ink in lower margin  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:B /TH in elaborate circle (Chicago watermark 62)  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:Dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:  

 

Whistler's sign on plate:butterfly  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate:'I am Flo' (the F reversed)  
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:Sir W. R. Drake (Lugt 2743)  
Dealers' stock nos:illegible numerals in oval ['18038' ??] at lower right recto; '4255 c' (the c superscript) at lower centre verso  
Misc inscriptions by others:A three line pen inscription, upside down, at the bottom of the sheet, possibly in Latin.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1100502  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.