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

 

M.1558
Two butterflies on tricolour flags among the clouds

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46276
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 7 3/16 x 9" (182 x 229 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: none

Two butterflies on tricolour flags among the clouds

Two butterflies on tricolour flags among the clouds were drawn in 1899 as an illustration for Whistler 1899 (F)[more] .

Two butterflies on tricolour flags among the clouds, The Hunterian
Two butterflies on tricolour flags among the clouds, The Hunterian

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1558).

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret