Print of standing girl holding hoop
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A girl stands facing the viewer. She has light shoulder-length hair with bangs and a round face. She wears a collared, button-up calf-length dress with long sleeves. In her right hand she holds a large hoop. Its diameter runs from about her hip to the floor. The linework in this print is light with long strokes, creating a soft, diffuse quality. Text to the girl’s right reads “I am Flo:.” Whistler’s “butterfly” signature is in the bottom right corner.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.285
People
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American (Lowell, MA 1834 - 1903 London, England)
Title
Florence Leyland
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1874
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/12073

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Drypoint printed in black ink on wove off-white paper
Technique
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 20.8 x 13.6 cm (8 3/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
sheet: 21.2 x 14 cm (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right edge, drypoint : [butterfly]
  • inscription: verso, various graphite inscriptions: 2005.285 / Fogg / 1788[hidden by hinge]
  • inscription: at right, near edge, drypoint; Glasgow speculates that this was added by the sitter.: I am Flo

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
Kennedy ix/ix
Standard Reference Number
Kennedy 110, Glasgow 136

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Patricia Cornwell
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.285
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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