Elinor Leyland

1873

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image is an etching depicting a person standing with their hands on their hips. The person has a rounded face with a youthful appearance and styled hair. They are wearing a textured outfit, possibly a dress or skirt with a top. The background consists of vertical and diagonal lines. There is a signature or mark on the right side of the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 21.59 x 13.65 cm (8 1/2 x 5 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 29.21 x 18.42 cm (11 1/2 x 7 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8467

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kennedy 1910, no. 109, iii/vii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bernard Buchanan MacGeorge [1845?-1924], Glasgow, (Lugt 394). Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to NGA, 1943.  

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 109, iii/vii.

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. 137, state iv/viii.

Inscriptions

lower left on the recto: butterfly imp.; lower left on recto: 3558 (circled); lower left on verso: 17116; lower right on the recto (may be by Whistler): at lower centre on the recto (looks a bit like Pennell's hand): Miss Elinor Leyland; Elinor Leyland

Wikidata ID

Q65021884

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