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

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M.1189
Butterflies

Artist: Beatrice or James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1888/1892
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler W823
Medium: pencil
Support: fragment of Charles Dickens' 'Martin Chuzzlewit' (London 1867)
Size: 7 1/16 x 4 13/16" (179 x 122 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: r: inscribed by John Birnie Phillip, 'J B. Phillip/ 1867'

Butterflies

Butterflies dates from 1888/1892.

Butterflies, Glasgow University Library
Butterflies, Glasgow University Library

The drawings are catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1189). The entry has been revised.

Last updated: 28th January 2019 by Margaret