M.1550 r.: Butterfly for 'Noblesse abuse'; v.: tail
Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1899 Collection: Glasgow University Library Accession Number: Whistler 292 f.15-6 Medium: r.: pencil, pen, black ink and white paint; v.: pencil Support: cream wove paper, bound into volume of 'Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly' Size: 4-4 1/4 x 4 3/4" (102-108 x 121 mm) Signature: butterfly Inscription: 'Scale of Butterfly from/ top of antennae to foot/ Noblesse abuse'