136Florence LeylandFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1905.166 State: 9/11 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Thomas Way (1837-1915), London, by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1905; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 317 x 213 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 stitching holes along the left sheet edge, 'antique' laid (pre 1800), even distribution, much debris, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | 'P D' ? Countermark |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | With plate tone at left and bottom of the plate, heavy over shading at the left of the skirt and leg |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | Soft burr |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'I am Flo' |
| 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: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'W96 Florence Leyland 5th state before Thos. Way's state /05' written by C.L. Freer on bottom edge, recto, erased; according to FGA folder sheet, 'notes on margin in Mr. Freer's writing. Erased March 14th, 1924.' ; blue dot at lower left on the verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1100602 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.