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Description: | Royal None CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) These butterflies were drawn for publication in "The Baronet and the Butterfly", an account of the Eden versus Whistler affair, but they were not used. Instead, they were replaced by a more flamboyant butterfly drawn by Whistler (MacDonald 1995 (1560)). Sir William Eden, a former patron of Whistler's, brought a case against him after a quarrel over payment for a portrait of his wife, Lady Eden. The portrait was later changed by Whistler so that Eden could not claim it even if he won the case. There are also other designs of butterflies incorporating tricolours (MacDonald 1995 (1556, 1557, 1559)). (See also GLAHA 46276/ 46146).
Birnie Philip Bequest 1958. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | BARONET AND THE BUTTERFLY : FRENCH FLAG : SIR WILLIAM EDEN : TRICOLOUR : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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