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

Home  > Catalogue > People > Pickford Robert Waller (related works) > Catalogue entry

Butterfly beside the sea

Composition


                    Butterfly beside the sea, Glasgow University Library
Butterfly beside the sea, Glasgow University Library

                    Butterfly beside the sea, Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, p. v, Glasgow University Library
Butterfly beside the sea, Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, p. v, Glasgow University Library

This was drawn for publication below the Dedication in Whistler 1899 (F)[more] .

Technique

It was drawn in pencil, pen and black ink. The reproduction in The Baronet and the Butterfly does not convey the gradations of the fine pen line.

Conservation History

The paper is dark cream, with slightly irregular edges at left and bottom, and is foxed. This is one of several drawings inset into sheets before being bound into a copy of the The Baronet and the Butterfly.

Last updated: 17th April 2019 by Margaret