The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0339
Butterflies and dragonflies
Date
Butterflies and dragonflies, Glasgow University Library
Butterflies and dragonflies were drawn on an unrelated draft of a letter from Whistler to Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) dated 20 April [1867]. 1
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 339).
Images
Butterflies and dragonflies, Glasgow University Library
Subject
Description
Butterflies and dragonflies, Glasgow University Library
Half a dozen strange creatures like worms, dragonflies and butterflies.
Technique
Technique
Butterflies and dragonflies, Glasgow University Library
A series of small blot pictures, created by folding the paper.
History
Provenance
- 1903: In Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
- 1955: given to the University of Glasgow.
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 339) as 'Butterflies and dragonflies'.
Websites
- The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, edited by Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp; including The Correspondence of Anna McNeill Whistler, 1855-1880, edited by Georgia Toutziari. Online edition, University of Glasgow. GUW #05242.
Notes:
1: GUW #05242.