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

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M.1558
Two butterflies on tricolour flags among the clouds

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1899
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46276
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 7 3/16 x 9" (182 x 229 mm)
Signature: butterflies
Inscription: none

Two butterflies on tricolour flags among the clouds

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1958: bequeathed by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 7th December 2020 by Margaret