136Florence LeylandFreer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.21 State: 7/11 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Keppel & Co., (receipt 7 September 1889), by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 314 x 195 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 213 x 137 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | ivory |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The sheet was removed from a book, 'antique' laid (pre 1800), even distribution, much debris, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | illegible countermark? |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | dark brown |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | plate tone at upper left with irregular traces at the bottom |
| Note on foul biting: | |
| Print note: | The ink is dark brown or a warm black, the burr soft, inking a bit pale and irregular at the bottom. |
| Whistler's sign on plate: | butterfly |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the plate: | 'I am Flo' |
| Inscriptions by others on the plate: | no |
| Whistler's signature on paper: | no |
| Inscriptions by Whistler on the paper: | no |
| Tab signed/inscribed: | no |
| Note on the tab: |
| Printer's signature (e.g. Goulding): | no |
| Notes on inscriptions: | Handwriting in brown ink matches writing on K112 F1898.344 |
| Collector's mark: | 'F' stamp (C.L. Freer, not in Lugt) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '8 41775 11' erased, bottom margin and corners, recto |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'vs 35:36. Evaldÿkid Pag 27.hierlÿklrd def Mel Siaf.' in brown ink on recto; 'Vs 47. Enckdeed den nug aan hare neuse en de annbanden aan hare annen.' in brown ink on verso; 'vs 63. N: S:v:Leenwaerden Goddg:yheu. Je. 83.' in another hand in brown ink on verso; 'Trial proof before the feet showing inscription on plate, 'I am Flo.'... Erased March 14th, 1924.' (originally on margin according to FGA folder sheet); 'W96' written on verso by C.L. Freer; 'W 96 before the feet, trial proof.' written by C.L. Freer, erased, unclear; ; '52 P 11/1' unidentified writing, erased, verso. |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1100503 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.