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

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M.1559
r.: Two butterflies, one on a tricolour flag; v.: Butterfly on a tricolour flag

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46277
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 9 5/16 x 7 3/16" (229 x 182 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: none

r.: Two butterflies, one on a tricolour flag; v.: Butterfly on a tricolour flag

r.: Two butterflies, one on a tricolour flag; v.: Butterfly on a tricolour flag were drawn in 1899 as an illustration for Whistler 1899 (F)[more] .

r.: Two butterflies, one on a tricolour flag, The Hunterian
r.: Two butterflies, one on a tricolour flag, The Hunterian
v.: Butterfly on a tricolour flag, The Hunterian
v.: Butterfly on a tricolour flag, The Hunterian

They are catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1559).

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret