M.1565 r.: Butterfly; v.: Butterfly with chequered wings
Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1899 Collection: Art Institute of Chicago Accession Number: 1933.287 Medium: r: graphite pencil, pen and black ink; v: ditto plus white opaque paint Support: cream wove card Size: 6 3/16 x 4 11/16-4 13/16" (157 x 119-122 mm) Signature: butterfly Inscription: r.: 'size across, outside/measure. / page 59 - / filtered into court.' and in unknown hand '5/16'; v.: in unknown hands '33.279 / oc 4123'; collector's mark 'WSB' (Walter Stanton Brewster)