Physical Qualities
Etching, Sheet: 186 × 266 mm. (7 5/16 × 10 1/2 in.)
Plate: 150 × 230 mm. (5 7/8 × 9 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
1996.48.9107
Impression from a cancelled plate, from the set of cancelled prints published by The Fine Art Society, London in 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
Inscribed: Signed in plate: middle left "[butterfly]" Inscribed in pencil: bottom left, in Lucas' hand "'Lindsay Houses'-Wede. 136-"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c) Watermark: Strasbourg lily