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Florence Leyland

Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no: 1924.643
State: 1/11

Collection credit:From the Ethel Wrenn Bequest  
Image credit:Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago  
Provenance:Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow, probably before 1888. It was acquired, probably through Wunderlich's, by John Henry Wrenn (1841-1911), Chicago; bequeathed to his family, 1911; bequeathed by Ethel Wrenn, Chicago, to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection, 1924.  

 

Paper size:279 x 197 mm  
Plate mark size:214 x 134 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):japanese  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:no  
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:butterfly and 'imp' , lower left, in margin  
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:The pencil butterfly in the margin dates from the 1890s.  
Collector's mark:'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); and 'J.H.W.' (John H. Wrenn, Lugt 1475)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:no  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1100102  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.