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

 

M.1572
v.: Butterfly; r.: see No. 1268

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46146
Medium: pen and purple ink
Support: pale brown card
Size: 6 11/16 x 5 1/8" (170 x 130 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: 'outside distance/across.', and in unknown hand 'Heinemann/ 38480/ Today'; v.: 'size smallest in marginal notes - see Gentle Art', and in an unknown hand 'Heinemann/ Today/ 38480/ 1/4/ 8-89-806.8'

v.: Butterfly; r.: see No. 1268

Butterfly was probably drawn in 1899 as an illustration for Whistler 1899 (F)[more] .

v.: Butterfly, Library Of Congress
v.: Butterfly, Library Of Congress

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1572). The recto has been catalogued as r.: Butterfly; v.: see No. 1572 [M.1268] with several other butterflies, none of which were published in the 1890s.

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret