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

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M.1357
Interrogative butterfly

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1893
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler M199
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: printed carte lettre pneumatique, télégramme, pale blue wove paper, f.s. with serrated edges
Size: 5 3/16" x 4 3/8" (132 x 111 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: '110 Rue du Bac,'; 'PARIS 80 / RUE DE BAC / 27 JANV 93' postmark

Interrogative butterfly

Description

Interrogative butterfly, Glasgow University Library
Interrogative butterfly, Glasgow University Library

A butterfly with a long tail curving up to right where a question mark is surrounded by rays of light.

Last updated: 21st February 2021 by Margaret