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Description: | Royal (1) s. in plate with butterfly; b.r.
(2) inscr. in pencil; in margin u.r. "51" CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) This etching was probably intended for the projected 'Little London Set' and was later used by Mortimer Menpes as a frontispeice to the edition de luxe of his book; "Whistler as I Knew Him" (1904). The etching plate for this work is also in the Hunterian collection (GLAHA 50340). (See also GLAHA 46910).
This work was purchased by the University of Glasgow from Sotheby's, London, on the 21st December 1964. | 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: | GARDEN : CHILDREN : MENPES : 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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