James McNeill Whistler
Bead Stringers
1878-1879
Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint, Image/Sheet: 234 × 154 mm. (9 3/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.12297
According to Glasgow, "pencil butterfly of 1886"
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Margaret MacDonald and Susan Grace Galassi. "Whistler, Women, and Fashion at The Frick Collection", Frick Collection, New York, April 22- July 13, 2003.
Maragaret F. MacDonald, "Whistler, Women and Fashion," (London: Yale University Press, 2003), p.213, ill.
Inscribed: Signed in pencil: lower left, on paper tab "[butterfly] imp" Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "T. C / Bead Stringers"
Markings: None
