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

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M.1549
Butterfly for 'Noblesse abuse!'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1898/1899
Collection: Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Accession Number: Manuscript Collection MS-4481
Medium: pen, black ink and blue crayon
Support: white wove paper
Size: 311 x 197 mm (12 1/4 x 7 3/4")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Noblesse abuse'

Butterfly for 'Noblesse abuse!'

Butterfly for ‘Noblesse abuse!’ was drawn 1898/1899 as an illustration for Whistler 1899 (F)[more] .

Butterfly for ‘Noblesse abuse!’, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Butterfly for ‘Noblesse abuse!’, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1549).

Last updated: 19th March 2021 by Margaret