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

 

M.1241
The butterfly on a farthing

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil
Support: unknown
Size: unknown (reproduction 33 x 24 mm, 1 3/16 x 7/8")
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

The butterfly on a farthing

Provenance

  • 1890: probably sent by Whistler to William Heinemann (1863-1920) , London publisher.

There is no further record of the drawing.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 18th March 2021 by Margaret