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

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M.0565
Design for a butterfly

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1874
Collection: British Museum, London
Accession Number: 1958-7-8-11
Medium: charcoal and watercolour
Support: brown paper, part of envelope
Size: 4" x 3 3/16" (102 x 81 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: r: '23 Howland... To Mr J. W … / care of F .../ Speke' (address on fragment of an envelope)

Design for a butterfly

Description

Design for a butterfly, British Museum
Design for a butterfly, British Museum

A bold design based on Whistler's butterfly monogram, for silk brooches to be word at the opening of his exhibition.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret