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The Velvet Dress (Mrs Leyland) |  Hunterian Art Gallery (46774) | |
| Number: | 120 | |
| Date: | 1873/1874 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 232 x 157 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 7 | |
| Known impressions: | 17 | |
| Catalogues: | K.105; M.105; T.76; W.91 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (17) | ||
PUBLICATION
EXHIBITIONS
). 10
Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) lent what he called a 'Trial Proof' - a beautiful impression of a late state - to the Union League Club in New York in 1881 (
). 11
The different states fascinated collectors, who vied for fine impressions and were generous in lending them - which had didactic, economic, and prestigious benefits for the collectors. Two states were lent by Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) (
) and a third by Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) to an exhibition organised by the Caxton Club in Chicago in 1900. 12 Mansfield's impressions have not been located.10: London Pall Mall 1874 (cat. nos. 6, 22, 24, 25, 27, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36 or 50); Liverpool 1874 (cat. no. 479).
11: New York 1881 (cat. no. 123). See REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
12: Chicago 1900 (cat. nos. 86, 86a).
). 13
13: See REFERENCES: EXHIBITIONS.
), and another by John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) to an exhibition in Rotterdam in 1906 (). 15
14: New York 1904a (cat. nos. 95, 95b, 95c); Boston 1904 (cat. nos. 72, 73, 74).
15: London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 91); Rotterdam 1906 (cat. no. 75).
SALES & COLLECTORS
). Freer had already, in 1889, bought an impression of the first state from Frederick Keppel & Co. ().16: GUW #13020.
); James Anderson Rose (1819-1890) and Francis Seymour Haden, Sr (1818-1910) () - this was later bought by Freer; John Charles Sigismund Day (1826-1908) (), Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904) (); Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938) (); Bryan Lathrop (1844-1916) (); and Emma Regina Martin (1921-2009) ().