137Elinor LeylandFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1893.52 State: C/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Published in a cancelled set of etchings by the Fine Art Society, London, 1879. Bought from Knoedler & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1893; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 321 x 249 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 212 x 139 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | 'modern' laid (post 1800), even distribution, little debris, horizontal chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | partial: fleur de lys in a shield with WGL (in cursive) below |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| 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: | |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | |
| 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: | 'Have' written by Freer on recto; 'W 95 93.52 W95 K109 Gr99 M108 Elinor Leyland Dry point' in unidentified writing on recto. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1090801 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.