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Florence Leyland

University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
Accession no: 1954/1.356
State: 11/11

Collection credit:Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker  
Image credit:Photo © The University of Michigan Museum of Art  
Provenance:Joshua Hutchinson Hutchinson (ca 1829 - d. 1891), London; possibly sold at Sotheby's, London, 3 March 1892 (lots 150/151), bought by R. Dunthorne. C. W. Dowdeswell, London. Margaret Selkirk Watson Parker (1867-1936), Detroit, MI; bequeathed to the University of Michigan Art Museum, MI, 1954.  

 

Paper size:327 x 200 mm  
Plate mark size:214 x 138 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):laid  
Note on the paper:  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:dark brown  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:with overall tone, darker to left of the figure  
Note on foul biting:  
Print note:Note that Kennedy's seventh and eights states appear to refect wear and/or inking rather than a true state difference  

 

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: 'Whistler' with a curved line below at lower left on the recto  
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:'JHH' blind stamp (J.H. Hutchinson, Lugt 2921); C.W. Dowdeswell (Lugt 690)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'HO' at lower left on the recto; '3 no St.' (the 'no' superscript) at lower right on the recto; 'OF-S' at lower left on the verso; 'R.R.-' a lower right on the verso  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1100802  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.