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Fanny Leyland |  Art Institute of Chicago (1927.5946) | |
| Number: | 135 | |
| Date: | 1874 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 197 x 134 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at left (2-final) | |
| Inscribed: | 'Fanny Leyland' at upper left | |
| Set/Publication: | no | |
| No. of States: | 6 | |
| Known impressions: | 12 | |
| Catalogues: | K.108; M.107; T.77; W.94 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (12) | ||
STATE
Six states are known before damage to the plate, and its restoration and cancellation.
State 1
Inscribed 'Fanny Leyland' at upper left, with the 'F' reversed.
The composition is complete.
There is no background; one foot, wearing a slipper, appears just beneath the skirt; at lower left there are faint outlines of that foot differently drawn, and to right, the other foot.
On one impression, probably the first proof (
) there are two diagonal marks, probably scratches, at the bottom edge, but these do not constitute an extra state since they were immediately removed, leaving only the faintest trace.
) there are two diagonal marks, probably scratches, at the bottom edge, but these do not constitute an extra state since they were immediately removed, leaving only the faintest trace.State 2
Signed with a butterfly near the left edge, above centre.
Vertical lines are added behind the chair and the front chair legs, and to left of the butterfly.
State 3
More vertical lines are added under the seat of the chair; the skirt is extended at right, covering the chair leg, and is lengthened by several lines, one of which crosses the foot at left.
State 4
The top of the head is more strongly outlined and the wavy hair is drawn in more detail; the lines behind the figure are extended down to the leg of the chair, and there are more lines under it, two of them forming an inverted V; the foot just beneath the skirt has been partly erased; diagonal lines suggesting frills are added on the hem of the skirt, which is slightly lengthened at lower left.
State 5
Patches of diagonal lines enhance the shading on the frills of the skirt; longer slanting lines are added on the back of the skirt.
State 6
Short diagonal lines are added on the bodice; the front of the dress and the hair are retouched; the shading on the frills is reinforced and extended; strong slanting lines are added on the lower part of the skirt and augment the shading under the chair; short cross-lines are added on the edge of the cushion; shading on the skirt above the cushion crosses the struts of the chair.
State 6 (damaged)
There are conspicuous scratches above and behind the figure's head, above her knee, on her skirt, and at lower left below the faint foot.
State 6 (restored)
Most of the scratches have been removed; the drypoint is worn.
State 6 (cancelled)
It was cancelled with a diagonal line across the bottom.
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 10
No impression from the cancelled plate is known. This is a digital image based on the copper plate. 10
10: A scan of the copper plate was flipped horizontally, converted to greyscale, and colour inverted, with enhanced contrast.