Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

M.1447
Designs for a flag for a lithograph exhibition

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1895
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler LB3 p. 39
Medium: pen, black ink and pencil
Support: cream card
Size: 3 7/16 x 4 1/2" (88 x 114 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: letter from Whistler to M. B. Huish; inscribed in unknown hand '27th Nov.'

Designs for a flag for a lithograph exhibition

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Designs for a flag for a lithograph exhibition, Glasgow University Library
Designs for a flag for a lithograph exhibition, Glasgow University Library

Two designs for a square flag bearing a butterfly.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret