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

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M.1579
r.: Butterfly; v.: Butterfly with chequered wings

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: E. R. and J. Pennell Collection, DRWG/MA Whistler
Medium: r.: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and white paint; v.: pencil
Support: buff card
Size: 114 x 92 mm (4 1/2 x 3 5/8")
Signature: unsigned
Inscription: r.: ‘outside / distance across’; v.: in unknown hand, ‘Heinemann / Today’

r.: Butterfly; v.: Butterfly with chequered wings

Provenance

  • 1917: possibly among four butterflies given by Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936) to the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 19th March 2021 by Margaret