120The Velvet Dress (Mrs Leyland)British MuseumAccession no: 1973-09-15-23 State: 2/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © Trustees of the British Museum |
| Provenance: | Acquired from Whistler by W. C. Alexander; passed by family descent to his daughter, Rachel Alexander; sold by her executors with 19 other etchings for a total of £3165.0.0 to the British Museum, London, 1973 (Report of Gere, Keeper of the Print Room, 17 17 August 1973, Trustees Reports). |
| Additional acq. no: | PRN: PPA50407 |
| Paper size: | 307 x 208 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 232 x 157 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | buff |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | japanese |
| Note on the paper: | thin, some wood flecks |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | no |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | |
| Print tone: | some residual tone |
| Note on foul biting: | a few dots |
| Print note: | some burr, a lot on the head, a blot/blemish on her upper lip |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | no |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | '6' possibly by Whistler on recto |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | '10' bottom right on recto |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1050202 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.