Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1899 Collection: Glasgow University Library Accession Number: Whistler 292 f.33 Medium: pencil Support: cream wove paper, bound into volume of 'Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly' Size: 7 15/16 x 6 1/4" (202 x 160 mm) Signature: butterfly Inscription: 'The drawing to be reduced so that/ the horizontal lines will be about the length/ of the ones in this/ The Butterfly would/ then be less than half size -', by Whistler, and in unknown hand '(2)'; printed: 'To/ Those Confrères across the Channel who,/ with a pluck and delicacy all their own,/ "sat tight" during the struggle, these/ decrees of the Judges are affectionately/ dedicated', and annotated by Whistler, 'refraining from intrusive demonstration.'
