The Scotch Widow | ||
Number: | 147 | |
Date: | 1875/1876 | |
Medium: | drypoint | |
Size: | 205 x 103 mm | |
Signed: | butterfly at right | |
Inscribed: | no | |
Set/Publication: | 'Cancelled Plates', 1879 | |
No. of States: | 1 | |
Known impressions: | 18 | |
Catalogues: | K.142; M.140; W.118 | |
Impressions taken from this plate (18) |
The Scotch Widow dates from 1875.
It was dated '75', possibly by Whistler, on one impression () for Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904). Avery lent this to an exhibition in 1881, describing it in the catalogue as '1875'. 1 Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921) also described it as 'A dry-point, done in 1875.' 2
The butterfly signature and drypoint technique confirm this date. Works of similar date include Fanny Leyland 135, Elinor Leyland 137, Florence Leyland 136, Agnes 146, The Little Velvet Dress 119 and The Silk Dress 151.
It was dated '75', possibly by Whistler, on one impression () for Samuel Putnam Avery (1822-1904). Avery lent this to an exhibition in 1881, describing it in the catalogue as '1875'. 1 Frederick Wedmore (1844-1921) also described it as 'A dry-point, done in 1875.' 2
The butterfly signature and drypoint technique confirm this date. Works of similar date include Fanny Leyland 135, Elinor Leyland 137, Florence Leyland 136, Agnes 146, The Little Velvet Dress 119 and The Silk Dress 151.
1: New York 1881 (cat. no. 137).
2: Wedmore 1886 A[more] (cat. no. 118).