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

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M.1189
Butterflies

Artist: Beatrice or James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888/1892
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler W823
Medium: pencil
Support: fragment of Charles Dickens' 'Martin Chuzzlewit' (London 1867)
Size: 7 1/16 x 4 13/16" (179 x 122 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: r: inscribed by John Birnie Phillip, 'J B. Phillip/ 1867'

Butterflies

Description

Butterflies, Glasgow University Library
Butterflies, Glasgow University Library

Fragment (cover and first three sheets) of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens (1812-1870) (London 1867).

Inside cover, v.: two butterflies with long tails, pencil on brown paper laid down onto white, r.: inscribed by John Birnie Philip (1824-1875), 'J B. Phillip/ 1867'.

p. 1: butterfly, pencil on buff wove paper with printed heading 'THE / Charles Dickens/ EDITION', 179 x 122mm (7 1/16 x 4 13/16").

p. 4: printed illustration, 'Meekness of Mr. Pecksniff and his charming daughters.'

f. 5, title page with printed heading 'THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT / BY CHARLES DICKENS ... Chapman & Hall 1867'.

p. 6: circle, ellipse, butterfly with long tail, pencil on cream wove paper with printed text 'LONDON: PRINTED BY VIRTUE AND Co., CITY ROAD.' The butterfly was drawn upside down on the sheet. The paper has darkened.

Last updated: 28th January 2019 by Margaret