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

 

M.1549
Butterfly for 'Noblesse abuse!'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898/1899
Collection: Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Accession Number: Manuscript Collection MS-4481
Medium: pen, black ink and blue crayon
Support: white wove paper
Size: 311 x 197 mm (12 1/4 x 7 3/4")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Noblesse abuse'

Butterfly for 'Noblesse abuse!'

Provenance

  • Date unknown: acquired by Dr Thomas Edward Hanley (1839-1969) , Bradford, Pennsylvania;
  • 1957: acquired as part of the T. E. Hanley Collection by the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.

The early provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 19th March 2021 by Margaret