Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 233 × 312 mm. (9 3/16 × 12 5/16 in.)
Plate: 148 × 225 mm. (5 13/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with Funds from the State of Maryland. Funds from Laurence and Stella Bendann, and Contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.9088.1
According to Glasgow, "pencil butterfly of 1878/1879".
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
The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Nov. 3 - 24, 1968.
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Mar. 19 - Apr. 19, 1975.
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," February 14-April 1, 1984.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," 1 April - 4 June, 1989.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "A Continuing Example: Prints and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection," 4 February - 9 April 1995.
Susan Dackerman, BMA, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003.
"Claude Monet and Modernist London: Reflections on the Thames", Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg, Florida, January 16, 2005 through April 17, 2005; tour to Brooklyn Museum of Art, June 29, 2005 - September 4, 2005; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 2, 2005 - January 31, 2006.
Joanna Karlgaard and Robin Owen Joyce, BMA, "Deconstructing Nature: Environmental Transformation in the Lucas Collection," August 27, 2025 - January 11, 2026.
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Mar. 19 - Apr. 19, 1975.
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," February 14-April 1, 1984.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," 1 April - 4 June, 1989.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "A Continuing Example: Prints and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection," 4 February - 9 April 1995.
Susan Dackerman, BMA, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003.
"Claude Monet and Modernist London: Reflections on the Thames", Museum of Fine Arts of St. Petersburg, Florida, January 16, 2005 through April 17, 2005; tour to Brooklyn Museum of Art, June 29, 2005 - September 4, 2005; The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 2, 2005 - January 31, 2006.
Joanna Karlgaard and Robin Owen Joyce, BMA, "Deconstructing Nature: Environmental Transformation in the Lucas Collection," August 27, 2025 - January 11, 2026.
Inscribed: Signed and dedicated in pencil: lower left "[butterfly] Whistler"; lower right "To George Lucas-" Signed and dated in plate: lower right "Whistler 1859"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
