Fanny Leyland / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.355
- Title
- Fanny Leyland
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- drypoint on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1874
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- 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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- single seating furniture
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- visual works by form
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 927 x 1433
- File Size
- 125 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.355
- Link to this Item
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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 April 19, 2024.