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The Velvet Dress (Mrs Leyland)

Freer Gallery of Art
Accession no: 1898.336
State: 4/7

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:279 x 204 mm  
Plate mark size:232 x 156 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 may have been removed from a book; glue along the left sheet edge; 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:very light overall plate tone, darker near the plate corners and edges  
Note on foul biting:a few 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:'Whistler-'  
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:'S.Haden' in graphite pencil on verso (F.S. Haden, see Lugt 1227)  
Dealers' stock nos:no  
Misc inscriptions by others:'W91 at lower centre on the verso by C.L. Freer; 'Rose Sale. June 30 1876' on verso.  

 

Source of information:Whistler Etchings Project and museum records  
ID:K1050302  

All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.