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Florence Leyland

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Accession no: WAG 9017
State: 9/11

Collection credit:  
Image credit:  
Provenance:Purchased from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., October 1975, £342.  

 

Paper size:288 x 186 mm  
Plate mark size:212 x 136 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:ivory (yellowed)  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:medium weight, 'antique' laid paper and flecked with brown fibres.  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:Arms of Amsterdam  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:There is a light print tone that is slightly darker at the upper left and in the shadows behind the figure.  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:The ink is greyish black in colour. The drypoint lines are soft and slightly worn looking.  

 

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:'c 38059' on recto, at lower right corner; '2146/250' at lower right corner.  
Misc inscriptions by others:'6' on verso, at upper right; '6x' on recto, at lower right, below platemark; 'Florence Leyland' at lower left edge.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project  
ID:K1100603  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.