Fanny Leyland / James McNeill Whistler

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Accession Number
1954/1.355
Title
Fanny Leyland
Artist Nationality
American
Artist Life Dates
1834-1903
Medium and Support
drypoint on laid paper
Object Creation Date
1874
Inscription
Signed on the plate, at center l.: butterfly Inscribed on the plate, u.l.: Fanny Leyland Collections: unidentified (Lugt Suppl. 2921h); Royal Library, Windsor (Lugt 2535) Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam
Dimensions
33.8 cm x 21.3 cm (13 5/16 in. x 8 3/8 in.)
Century
19th century
Physical Description
An adolescent girl sits in a chair facing to the left, her hands resting in her lap. Her hair is loose around her shoulders and pulled back from her face. Her skirt consists of tiers of ruffles or other fabic. She has a pensive expression and her face is seen in profile.
Subject Matter
Whistler's principal patron patron in the 1870s was Frederick Leyland and Whistler created portraits of all of the family members, including this drypoint of the eldest Leyland daughter, Fanny.
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chairs
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927 x 1433
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Record
1954/1.355
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"Fanny Leyland; James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.355/1954_1.355.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 18, 2024.
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