120The Velvet Dress (Mrs Leyland)Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1898.336 State: 4/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | James Anderson Rose; Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1876; 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: | 279 x 204 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 232 x 156 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | The sheet may have been removed from a book; glue along the left sheet edge; even distribution, little debris, kozo, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | very light overall plate tone, darker near the plate corners and edges |
| Note on foul biting: | a few scattered flecks |
| 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: | 'Whistler-' |
| 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: | 'S.Haden' in graphite pencil on verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W91 at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'Rose Sale. June 30 1876' on verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1050302 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.