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Fanny Leyland

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.338
State: 2/6

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:310 x 209 mm  
Plate mark size:196 x 132 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:uneven distribution, little debris, kozo, vertical chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:De Erven Dk Blaauw  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
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:'Fanny Leyland. '  
Inscriptions by others on the plate:no  
Whistler's signature on paper:'Whistler -' (underlined)  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Fanny Leyland.' on recto  
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 at lower right on verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'Rose, 30 June 1876' at lower left on the verso by F.S. Haden; 'W94' at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; '94' at lower right on the verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1080202  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.