F. R. Leyland

c. 1870/1873

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Media Options

This object’s media is free and in the public domain. Read our full Open Access policy for images.

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching, drypoint and open bite on "japon mince" paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • 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

  • 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


You may be interested in

Loading Results