Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1887 Collection: Glasgow University Library Accession Number: MS Whistler R187 Medium: pencil, pen, black ink and wash Support: cream laid paper Size: 4 5/16 x 5 3/8" (110 x 137 mm) Signature: none Inscription: 'THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS. 1887'
MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1135) as 'Crowned lion'.