Irving as Philip of Spain, No. 2 |  Freer Gallery of Art (1904.59) | |
| Number: | 159 | |
| Date: | 1876/1877 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 228 x 155 mm | |
| Signed: | no | |
| Inscribed: | no | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 6 | |
| Known impressions: | 22 | |
| Catalogues: | K.171; M.168; W.139 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (22) | ||
PUBLICATION
It was published in an album of Cancelled Plates ('Cancelled Set') by The Fine Art Society, London, 1879.
EXHIBITIONS
Rare, and rarely exhibited, an impression was, however, lent after the artist's death to the Whistler Memorial Exhibition in London in 1905 by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) (
). 14
). 14 14: London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 139).
SALES & COLLECTORS
Two impressions of 'Irving' were bought by Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890) on 11 November 1877 for £3.3.0 and another two on 15 November for £1.1.0: these may have been this drypoint, or Irving as Philip of Spain, No. 1 [158]. 15 About the same time Howell sold what he described as 'Pale Irving'- and again this could be either of the portraits of Irving, to Jane Noseda (b. 1813 or 1814). 16
Three early states were owned by Mortimer Luddington Menpes (1860-1938) (, , ). 17 The second of these was acquired in 1904 by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), who also bought a spectacular half-inked impression from Messrs Obach for £68.5.0 - a seriously large amount (). A second state was owned by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) (), and was probably that lent by him to the Whistler Memorial show in London in 1905. 18 A third state, printed by Maud Franklin (1857- ca 1941), was acquired by first Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) and later Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937) and is in a private collection ().
, , ). 17 The second of these was acquired in 1904 by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), who also bought a spectacular half-inked impression from Messrs Obach for £68.5.0 - a seriously large amount (). A second state was owned by Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) (), and was probably that lent by him to the Whistler Memorial show in London in 1905. 18 A third state, printed by Maud Franklin (1857- ca 1941), was acquired by first Howard Mansfield (1849-1938) and later Harris G. Whittemore (d. ca 1937) and is in a private collection ().17: Morning Post, 26 October 1903 (GUL PC 21/6).
18: London Mem. 1905 (cat. no. 139).
Over a dozen impressions in the albums of cancelled plates were acquired by major collectors including Freer () and George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909) (), and collections such as the British Museum in 1887 (), and the Hamburger Kunsthalle in 1896 ().
) and George Aloysius Lucas (1824-1909) (), and collections such as the British Museum in 1887 (), and the Hamburger Kunsthalle in 1896 ().