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

 

M.1559
r.: Two butterflies, one on a tricolour flag; v.: Butterfly on a tricolour flag

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46277
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 9 5/16 x 7 3/16" (229 x 182 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: none

r.: Two butterflies, one on a tricolour flag; v.: Butterfly on a tricolour flag

Composition

r.: Two butterflies, one on a tricolour flag, The Hunterian
r.: Two butterflies, one on a tricolour flag, The Hunterian
r.: Two butterflies, one on a tricolour flag; v.: Butterfly on a tricolour flag, The Hunterian
r.: Two butterflies, one on a tricolour flag; v.: Butterfly on a tricolour flag, The Hunterian
Butterfly and tricolour flag in Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, Glasgow University Library
Butterfly and tricolour flag in Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, Glasgow University Library

These were drawn for publication in Whistler 1899 (F)[more] . It was not reproduced exactly in this form (see Butterfly and tricolour flag [M.1560]).

Conservation History

This is the other half of Two butterflies on tricolour flags among the clouds [M.1558], and has an uneven edge down the right side.

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret