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

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M.1556
r.: Butterfly and tricolour flag; v.: Two butterflies and part of a third

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler 292 ff. 47-8
Medium: pencil, pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper, bound into volume
Size: 5 1/2 x 7 7/8" (140 x 201 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: r.: 'Argument - / Try this one too', and in unknown hands 'top / (3) / make with other'; v.: '64899 / 16 ½ x 14' in unknown hands

r.: Butterfly and tricolour flag; v.: Two butterflies and part of a third

r.: Butterfly and tricolour flag; v.: Two butterflies and part of a third were drawn in 1899 as illustrations for Whistler 1899 (F)[more] .

r.: Butterfly and tricolour flag, Glasgow University Library
r.: Butterfly and tricolour flag, Glasgow University Library
v.: Two butterflies and part of a third, Glasgow University Library
v.: Two butterflies and part of a third, Glasgow University Library

The sheet is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1556).

Last updated: 9th April 2019 by Margaret