M.0707 Design for the cover of 'Whistler v. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics'
Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1878 Collection: Whereabouts Unknown Accession Number: none Medium: pen, ink and wash Support: white paper Size: 7 1/4 x 5 1/2" (184 x 139 mm) Signature: butterfly Inscription: 'Whistler v. Ruskin // J. A. McN. Whistler/ The White House/ Chelsea. // Dec. 24, 1878.'
Whistler made several designs for the cover of Whistler v. Ruskin: Art and Art Critics but in the end only a simple design of text and the butterfly signature was printed, on brown paper. 1