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Elinor Leyland

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.339
State: 3/8

Collection credit:Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Image credit:Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution  
Provenance:James Anderson Rose; Sotheby's, London, 30 June 1876; Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London; bought from Hermann Wunderlich & Co. (receipt 9 November 1898), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1898; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919.  

 

Paper size:280 x 203 mm  
Plate mark size:214 x 140 mm  
Paper trimmed to pmk?:no  
Colour of the paper:cream  
Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc):Asian laid  
Note on the paper:The sheet appears to be removed from a book; glue along the left sheet edge; even distribution, hosho, vertical chain lines  
Tab?:no  
Watermarks:none  
Medium:drypoint  
Ink colour:black  
Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil:no  
Print tone:Light overall plate tone, slightly heavier on the background.  
Note on foul biting:A few specks and scratches.  
Print note:  

 

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:'Whistler.'  
Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper:'Elinor Leyland-' at lower right on the recto  
Tab signed/inscribed:no  
Note on the tab:  

 

Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding):no  
Notes on inscriptions:  
Collector's mark:'S. Haden' in graphite pencil at lower right on verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'8' at lower right on the recto; 'Rose Sale. June 30 1876' written by F.S. Haden on verso; 'W95' written by C.L. Freer at lower centre on the verso; blue dot at lower left on the verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1090302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.