135Fanny LeylandWalker Art Gallery, LiverpoolAccession no: WAG 9193 State: 6 restored/6 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Museums |
| Image credit: | photography@liverpoolmuseums.org.uk |
| Provenance: | Purchased from Thomas Agnew and Sons Limited, July 1976, £1,250 (V&A purchase grant fund, £625; P.P.F., £625). |
| Paper size: | 200 x 131 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 195 x 131 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | yes |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | medium weight, 'antique' laid paper, flecked with brown fibres; it is inlaid. |
| Tab?: | yes |
| Watermarks: | Pro Patria |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | There is a medium print tone that is darker in the foreground, grounding the figure (although simultaneously making her feet poetically dissolve into insubstantiality). It is wiped more cleanly above although there is some selective wiping over the dress. |
| Note on foul biting: | However, there is a slight pitting effect from damage to the plate. |
| Print note: | There are scratchy wipe lines and reticulation of ink in the foreground and a mottled effect throughout from wiping. |
| 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: | On verso, at lower right, in pencil: butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | butterfly 'imp.' |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | 'W.L.' (underlined) on verso, at lower right, in pencil |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '8552' on verso, at lower right; 'J7062' on backing paper . |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Fanny Leyland W.94' on verso, at lower edge; '93'; at lower left. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1080203 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.