F. R. Leyland

F. R. Leyland

Item Information

Title:
F. R. Leyland
Description:
A full-length portrait of a man with moustache and pointed beard, and wearing evening dress, who stands facing front, with his left hand upon his hip and what may be an outer coat hanging from his right shoulder. There is shading in the background. The butterfly, in outline, is in the shading at right of the figure.
Artist:
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
Date:
[1874–1875]
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Portrait prints
Cancellation proofs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). Lithographs, Etchings, and Drawings
Subjects:
Business people
Ships
Extent:
1 print : etching ; plate mark 30 x 18 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Kennedy: K. 102
Additional information accompanying item: Included in "Etchings by J. M. Whistler from the cancelled plates." F. R. Leyland was a wealthy steamship owner, in whose house in London was the famous "Peacock Room," decorated by Whistler, now included in the Freer gift to the Smithsonian Institute.
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger.
This date is inferred.
Notes (citation):
Kennedy, Edward G. (Edward Guthrie). "The etched work of Whistler ; compiled, arranged and described by Edward G. Kennedy, with an introduction by Royal Cortissoz." Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978, San Francisco.
Notes (object):
From an impression from the cancelled plate.
Identifier:
17_14_000091
Barcode:
36666000099537