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

 

M.0339
Butterflies and dragonflies

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1867
Collection: Glasgow University Library
Accession Number: MS Whistler R138
Medium: pen, grey ink and wash
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 8 3/16 x 10 3/8" (208 x 265 mm)
Signature: 'J. A. M. Whistler' (in letter)
Inscription: [letter]

Butterflies and dragonflies

Butterflies and dragonflies, Glasgow University Library
Butterflies and dragonflies, Glasgow University Library

Butterflies and dragonflies were drawn on an unrelated draft of a letter from Whistler to Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) dated 20 April [1867]. 1

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 339).

Notes:

1: GUW #05242.

Last updated: 18th February 2021 by Margaret