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

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M.1573
r.: and v.: Butterfly

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: Pennell Collection
Medium: pencil, pen and dark brown ink
Support: white card
Size: 4 7/16 x 3 9/16" (113 x 91 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'size smallest in marginal notes in Gentle Art -', and, in unknown hands, 'Heinemann/ Today"/ 31480/ "- ¼ "-/'

r.: and v.: Butterfly

r.: and v.: Butterfly were probably drawn in 1899 as illustrations for Whistler 1899 (F)[more] .

Butterfly, Library Of Congress
Butterfly, Library Of Congress
v.: Butterfly, Library Of Congress
v.: Butterfly, Library Of Congress

The sheet is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1573).

Last updated: 17th April 2019 by Margaret