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

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M.1241
The butterfly on a farthing

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil
Support: unknown
Size: unknown (reproduction 33 x 24 mm, 1 3/16 x 7/8")
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

The butterfly on a farthing

The butterfly on a farthing was drawn for publication in Whistler 1890 [more] .

The butterfly on a farthing, woodcut, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
The butterfly on a farthing, woodcut, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1241).

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret