Florence Leyland |  Freer Gallery of Art (1898.341) | |
| Number: | 136 | |
| Date: | 1874 | |
| Medium: | drypoint | |
| Size: | 215 x 140 mm | |
| Signed: | butterfly at lower right | |
| Inscribed: | ' "I am Flo" ' at right (6) | |
| Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
| No. of States: | 11 | |
| Known impressions: | 43 | |
| Catalogues: | K.110; M.109; T.79; W.96 | |
| Impressions taken from this plate (43) | ||
KEYWORD
clothing, dress, fashion, full-length, game, girl standing, hoop, portrait.
TITLE
Variations on the title are as follows:
'Florence Leyland ' (1870s, Whistler). 2
'Portrait' (1874, Pall Mall). 3
'Portrait of Miss Florence' (1874, James Anderson Rose (1819-1890)). 4
'Miss Florence Leyland' (1874, Ralph Thomas, Jr (1840-1876)). 5
'Flos' (1877, Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890)). 6
'Flo' (1877, Whistler). 7
Florence Leyland' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 8
'Florence Leyland' is the sitter's name; it is the generally accepted title and is consistent with the portraits of her siblings.
'Florence Leyland ' (1870s, Whistler). 2
'Portrait' (1874, Pall Mall). 3
'Portrait of Miss Florence' (1874, James Anderson Rose (1819-1890)). 4
'Miss Florence Leyland' (1874, Ralph Thomas, Jr (1840-1876)). 5
'Flos' (1877, Charles Augustus Howell (1840?-1890)). 6
'Flo' (1877, Whistler). 7
Florence Leyland' (1886, Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921)). 8
'Florence Leyland' is the sitter's name; it is the generally accepted title and is consistent with the portraits of her siblings.
2: Written on .
3: London Pall Mall 1874 (cat. no. 35).
4: Liverpool 1874 (cat. no. 481).
5: Thomas 1874[more] (cat. no. 79).
6: Howell to Whistler, [6-15 November 1877], GUW #02178.
7: 22 October [1877], GUW #12737.
8: Wedmore 1886 A[more] (cat. no. 96).
DESCRIPTION
A young girl with long wavy hair, cut in a fringe across her forehead, stands facing front, with her right foot advanced. She wears a high-necked, long-sleeved dress with a narrow frill down the centre front, and a deeper frill round the hem, which falls just below her knee (she may be wearing a pinafore over a dress, but this is not entirely clear). She is holding a hoop with her right hand. Shadows fall behind and to the left of her.
SITTER
Florence Leyland seated m0525, 1873/1875, pastel.
The Hunterian, GLAHA 46060.
Florence Leyland (1859-1921). She posed for numerous pastels including Portrait of Miss Florence Leyland m0509, Florence Leyland in a green and orange dress m0523, Florence Leyland in a purple dress m0524, Florence Leyland seated m0525 and Head of Florence Leyland m0526. 9 Of these, the study reproduced below is closest in composition.
Florence Leyland in a purple dress m0524, ca 1873, pastel.
The Hunterian, GLAHA 46059.
9: The first is in a private collection; the others in the Hunterian.