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

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M.1317
The Evolution of the Butterfly

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1891
Collection: Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Accession Number: 1159'30
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: off-white laid paper with partial watermark 'JOYN.../ SUPER...'
Size: 4 7/16 x 6 15/16" (112 x 176 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: none

The Evolution of the Butterfly

Catalogues Raisonnés

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1317) as 'The Evolution of the Butterfly'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

  • Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 168) as 'The Evolution of the Butterfly'.

Last updated: 15th February 2021 by Margaret