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JAMES A. M. WHISTLER F. R. Leyland's Mother.
JAMES A. M. WHISTLER
F. R. Leyland's Mother.
Drypoint on antique cream laid paper, circa 1873. 225x149 mm; 8 7/8x5 7/8 inches, full margins. First state (of 3), before the additional work in the upper background. Proprietary watermark or countermark with the letters HGH. A brilliant, early impression of this extremely scarce print, with richly-inked burr throughout.
A portrait of Ann Jane Leyland (1805-1877) the mother of Whistler's important patron, Frederick Richards Leyland. F. R. Leyland was a Liverpool shipping magnate and famous art collector. He commissioned one of Whistler's best known works, Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, in the mid-1870s. Kennedy 103.
F. R. Leyland's Mother.
Drypoint on antique cream laid paper, circa 1873. 225x149 mm; 8 7/8x5 7/8 inches, full margins. First state (of 3), before the additional work in the upper background. Proprietary watermark or countermark with the letters HGH. A brilliant, early impression of this extremely scarce print, with richly-inked burr throughout.
A portrait of Ann Jane Leyland (1805-1877) the mother of Whistler's important patron, Frederick Richards Leyland. F. R. Leyland was a Liverpool shipping magnate and famous art collector. He commissioned one of Whistler's best known works, Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, in the mid-1870s. Kennedy 103.
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