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

Technique

These drawings could be by Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896), possibly designs for jewellery, of which there are examples in the Hunterian, but they could equally be by Whistler, as variations on his signature.

Conservation History

This is the fragment of a book and is in poor condition.

Last updated: 28th January 2019 by Margaret