136Florence LeylandFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.342 State: 10/11 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co., (receipt 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 333 x 213 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 213 x 137 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 stitching holes at the right sheet edge; 'antique' laid (pre 1800), even distribution, much debris, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | ' D' ? Countermark |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | considerable plate tone on the left, heavier at the top and over the shading |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Unclear if this is a new state or if Kennedy's description was in error. See 'State descr.' below. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'I am Flo' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | 'Whistler' (underlined) |
| 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: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'S.H. / Erased June 16, 1925' (formerly on margin, according to FGA folder sheet); 'W 96 final state. Haden' (?) wrote on recto, below plate mark; 'W96 final state' at the lower left on the verso written by C.L. Freer; 'Whistler' written by Freer on verso; '96 final state' in unidentified writing on verso; blue dot at lower left on the verso |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1100702 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.