Provenance

• 1891: drawn by Whistler for Harriet Burfort James Bancroft (Mrs J. C. Bancroft) (1846-1906) ;
• After 1904: passed to her daughter Hester (1877-1939) who married Brigadier Rodolph Ladeveze Adlercron (1873-1966);
• 1930: given by Mrs Aldercron to Birmingham City Art Gallery on 21 November 1930.

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1317).

Exhibitions

• 1904: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Boston, 1904 (cat. no. 168) as 'The Evolution of the Butterfly'.