Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1898/99 Collection: Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX Accession Number: Medium: pen and black ink Support: off-white wove paper Size: 311 x 199 mm (12 1/4" x 7 13/16") Signature: one of the three butterflies is Whistler’s signature Inscription: ‘Envoi // … As a man wipeth a dish – wiping it / and turning it upside down’
