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

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M.1555
Butterfly beside the sea

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: Whistler 292 f.7
Medium: pencil, pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper, bound into volume of 'Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly'
Size: 7 11/16 x 4 11/16" (196 x 120 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: r.: 'top / red 3 1/4 to 1 3/8 /(2)' in unknown hands; v.: '4 inch / 4 inch / 6 inch / 64946' in unknown hands

Butterfly beside the sea
Butterfly beside the sea, Glasgow University Library
Butterfly beside the sea, Glasgow University Library
Butterfly beside the sea, Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, p. v, Glasgow University Library
Butterfly beside the sea, Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, p. v, Glasgow University Library

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