Artwork overview
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Medium
etching and drypoint in dark brown on laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Watson Webb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer
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Dimensions
plate: 22.86 x 15.24 cm (9 x 6 in.)
sheet (includes tab with signature): 23.5 x 15.24 cm (9 1/4 x 6 in.) -
Accession Number
1942.15.26
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 220, state v/vi
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Collection of Mr. James Watson Webb [1884-1960] and Mrs. Electra Havemeyer Webb [1888-1960], Los Angeles and Vermont; gift to NGA 1942.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1995
Prints by James McNeill Whistler and His Contemporaries, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 209, iv/vi.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 220, state v/vi.
Inscriptions
on plate: (butterfly); in graphite, lower left verso: Whistler (upside down); on tab: (butterfly imp)
Watermarks
illegible - possibly Hunting Horn
Wikidata ID
Q64958878