M.0958 Butterfly for a valance at Dowdeswell's Gallery
Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1884 Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Accession Number: 2005.260 Medium: pencil and watercolour Support: beige laid paper Size: 2 13/16 x 2 15/16" (72 x 75 mm) Signature: butterfly Inscription: originally inscribed 'This drawing was in Alexr Jno. Taylor's / Pocket Book for embroidery on Mantel Board Valances in Dowdeswell Galleries New Bond St. / by J. McNeil (sic.) Whistler Esq. for his/ Exhibition in Flesh Colour and Grey.'