120The Velvet Dress (Mrs Leyland)Freer Gallery of ArtAccession no: 1889.25 State: 1/7 |  |
| Collection credit: | Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Image credit: | Photo © Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution |
| Provenance: | Bought from Frederick Keppel & Co. by Charles Lang Freer (1856-1919), Detroit, MI, 1889; bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1919. |
| Paper size: | 279 x 203 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 232 x 158 mm |
| Note on size: | . |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | cream |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | Asian laid |
| Note on the paper: | even distribution, little debris, kozo, vertical chain lines |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | none |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | traces of tone near the plate corners and edges |
| Note on foul biting: | scattered flecks |
| 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: | 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: | |
| Collector's mark: | no |
| Dealers' stock nos: | no |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Px' (or reversed c and c) at lower right on the verso; 'v v' [or reversed 22] Px. --- - =' in unidentified writing on verso; blue dot at lower right corner on the recto. According to FGA folder sheet, written on margin, 'The Velvet Dress - 1st state? Erased March 12th, 1924. Note on List: India paper. First state. C.L.F. note on original mount: Trial? Before the additional vertical lines in the background and above her head. Perhaps they were removed before this proof was pulled. G.D.G., 1921: See 04.6, Mrs. Leyland, undescribed by Wedmore; described by Kennedy and Mansfield as the Fifth State of W 91.'). |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1050102 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.