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

 

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'

r.: Butterfly for 'Noblesse abuse'; v.: tail

r.: Butterfly for 'Noblesse abuse'; v.: tail was drawn in 1899 as an illustration for Whistler 1899 (F)[more] .

r.: Butterfly for 'Noblesse abuse', Glasgow University Library
r.: Butterfly for 'Noblesse abuse', Glasgow University Library

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1550).

Last updated: 17th April 2019 by Margaret