137Elinor LeylandColby College Museum of Art, MaineAccession no: 2013.343 State: 6/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | The Lunder Collection, Colby College Museum of Art |
| Image credit: | Photo © Colby College Museum of Art |
| Provenance: | Knoedler & Co., New York. Susan Schulman, New York; Peter and Paula Lunder; given by Peter and Paula Lunder to Colby College, 2007. |
| Additional acq. no: | 031.2005 |
| Paper size: | 332 x 213 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 214 x 139 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'antique' laid |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | indecipherable maker's mark |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | rich burr, especially in shadow at left and in the area of her right leg |
| 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: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | butterfly below platemark right |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Butterfly of 1878/1881 |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | 'C 6568' on recto;'MK31658' on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'K.109 v Elinor Leyland' on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1090503 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.