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) | ||
KEYWORD
child, dress, girl, girl seated, portrait.
TITLE
There are minor variations on the title, as follows:
'Fanny Leyland' (1874, Whistler). 2
'Portrait of Miss Fanny' (1874, James Anderson Rose (1819-1890)). 3
'Miss Fanny Leyland' (1874, Ralph Thomas, Jr (1840-1876)). 4
'Fannie' (1877, Whistler). 5
'Fannie Leyland with Chair' (1877, Whistler). 6
'Portrait of Fanny Leyland' (1893, World's Columbian Exposition). 7
'Fanny Leyland' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 8
'Fanny Leyland ' (1887/1888, Whistler). 9
It is clear that 'Fanny Leyland' was Whistler's original title, and is indeed the girl's name, and so this is the generally accepted title.
'Fanny Leyland' (1874, Whistler). 2
'Portrait of Miss Fanny' (1874, James Anderson Rose (1819-1890)). 3
'Miss Fanny Leyland' (1874, Ralph Thomas, Jr (1840-1876)). 4
'Fannie' (1877, Whistler). 5
'Fannie Leyland with Chair' (1877, Whistler). 6
'Portrait of Fanny Leyland' (1893, World's Columbian Exposition). 7
'Fanny Leyland' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 8
'Fanny Leyland ' (1887/1888, Whistler). 9
It is clear that 'Fanny Leyland' was Whistler's original title, and is indeed the girl's name, and so this is the generally accepted title.
2: Written on the copper plate.
3: Liverpool 1874 (cat. no. 480).
4: Thomas 1874[more] (cat. no. 77).
5: 22 October [1877], GUW #12737.
6: [16/21 November 1877], GUW #12740.
7: Chicago 1893 (cat. no. 2252).
8: Wedmore 1886 A[more] (cat. no. 94).
9: List, [1887/1888], GUW #13233.
DESCRIPTION
A girl, with long wavy hair tied up in ribbons, sits facing to the left, her hands resting in her lap. She wears a dress with a close-fitting top, high frilled collar, long puffed sleeves with a frill at the wrists, a long skirt, with four or five layers of flounces gathered into a bow or bunch at the back. Her feet are barely visible. She sits on a cushion on a wooden chair that has a straight back, narrow legs, and arms supported on three slender struts.
SITTER
Fanny Leyland (1857-1880). This is one of several drypoint portraits of the children of Frederick Richards Leyland (1832-1892) and Frances Leyland (1834-1910), which include Sketches of Heads 138, Elinor Leyland 137 and
Florence Leyland 136.