137Elinor LeylandNational Gallery of Art, Washington, DCAccession no: 1943.3.8467 State: 4/8 |  |
| Collection credit: | |
| Image credit: | Photo © National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC |
| Provenance: | Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge (1845?-1924), Glasgow. Bought by Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1891-1971), Philadelphia; given to the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1943. |
| Additional acq. no: | B-10529 |
| Paper size: | 292 x 184 mm |
| Plate mark size: | 216 x 136 mm |
| Paper trimmed to pmk?: | no |
| Colour of the paper: | light grey |
| Paper type (wove, laid, Japan etc): | laid |
| Note on the paper: | The paper colour may be off-white discoloured to grey? |
| Tab?: | no |
| Watermarks: | Pro Patria |
| Medium: | drypoint |
| Ink colour: | black |
| Additional work on the print, e.g. in pencil: | no |
| Print tone: | Pale tone around the figure, which is wiped relatively clean. |
| Note on foul biting: | Several short scratches at the lower right corner. |
| 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: | butterfly 'imp.' at lower left on the recto |
| 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: | 'B.M.' stamp (B.B. MacGeorge, Lugt 394); 'LJR' stamp (L.J. Rosenwald, Lugt 1760b) |
| Dealers' stock nos: | '3558' (circled) at lower left on recto; '17116' at lower left on verso |
| Misc inscriptions by others: | 'Miss Elinor Leyland' at lower right on the recto (may be by Whistler); 'Elinor Leyland' at lower centre on the recto (looks a bit like Pennell's hand) |
| Source of information: | Whistler Etchings Project and museum records |
| ID: | K1090307 |
All inscriptions are in graphite pencil unless otherwise stated.