Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1864
Collection: New York Public Library
Accession Number: Avery Collection
Medium: pencil, pen and dark brown ink
Support: white laid paper
Size: 8 7/16 x 7 3/8" (215 x 188 mm)
Signature: butterfly, possibly not by Whistler
Inscription: 'Sketch for Variations in Flesh Color & Green "The Balcony" '