M.1579 r.: Butterfly; v.: Butterfly with chequered wings
Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1899 Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC Accession Number: E. R. and J. Pennell Collection, DRWG/MA Whistler Medium: r.: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and white paint; v.: pencil Support: buff card Size: 114 x 92 mm (4 1/2 x 3 5/8") Signature: unsigned Inscription: r.: ‘outside / distance across’; v.: in unknown hand, ‘Heinemann / Today’