F. R. Leyland
c. 1870/1873
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Artwork overview
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Medium
etching, drypoint and open bite on "japon mince" paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 30.32 × 17.62 cm (11 15/16 × 6 15/16 in.)
sheet: 31.27 × 18.57 cm (12 5/16 × 7 5/16 in.) -
Accession
1949.5.538
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 121, state i/ii
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Howard Mansfield [1849-1938], New York, (Lugt 1342); acquired by Harris Whittemore [1864-1927], Naugatuck, CT, 1919; (his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1949, lot 170); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia, PA); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald, Jenkintown, PA, 1949; gift to the NGA, 1949.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1995
The Butterfly and the Bat: Whistler and Robert de Montesquiou, The Frick Collection, New York, 1995-1996.
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 102, i/ii.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012: no. 121, state i/ii.
Inscriptions
(butterfly)
Wikidata ID
Q65076968