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

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M.1547
Title-page for 'The Baronet and the Butterfly'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898/1899
Collection: Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Accession Number: Manuscript Collection MS-4481
Medium: pencil, crayon and black ink
Support: white wove paper
Size: 310 x 198 mm (12 3/16 x 7 13/16")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Eden versus Whistler / The Baronet / & / The Butterfly / A Valentine with / a Verdict // Paris. Dec. 1897.'

Title-page for 'The Baronet and the Butterfly'

Provenance

  • Date unknown: acquired by Dr Thomas Edward Hanley (1839-1969) , Bradford, Pennsylvania;
  • 1957: acquired as part of the T. E. Hanley Collection by the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.

The early provenance is unknown.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 17th April 2019 by Margaret