136Florence LeylandArt Institute of ChicagoAccession no: 1934.585 State: 8/11 | ![]() |
| Collection credit: | Bryan Lathrop Collection |
| Image credit: | Photo © The Art Institute of Chicago |
| Provenance: | Sir William Richard Drake (d. 1890); possibly sold at Christie's, London, 8-9 March 1892 (lot 302/303). Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916), Chicago; passed to his wife; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, IL, 1934. |
| Additional acq. no: | R 533 |
| Paper size: | 328 x 203 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 214 x 138 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | the sheet was removed from a book, with old inscription in brown ink in lower margin |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | B /TH in elaborate circle (Chicago watermark 62) |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | Dark brown |
| 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: | 'I am Flo' (the F reversed) |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | Sir W. R. Drake (Lugt 2743) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | illegible numerals in oval ['18038' ??] at lower right recto; '4255 c' (the c superscript) at lower centre verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | A three line pen inscription, upside down, at the bottom of the sheet, possibly in Latin. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project |
| ID: | K1100502 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.
