Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint, Sheet: 314 × 237 mm. (12 3/8 × 9 5/16 in.)
Plate: 227 × 157 mm. (8 15/16 × 6 3/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series "Douze eaux-fortes d'après nature (the French Set)"
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
1996.48.8326
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
Jay Fisher, BMA, "The Space Within: Prints of Interiors, 1500 to the Present," 13 January - 26 March, 1978.
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," February 14-April 1, 1984.
Susan Dackerman, BMA, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003; circulated to The Academy of the Arts, August 10 - October 20, 2004.
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," February 14-April 1, 1984.
Susan Dackerman, BMA, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003; circulated to The Academy of the Arts, August 10 - October 20, 2004.
Inscribed: Signed in pencil: lower left "[butterfly]"; lower right "Whistler" Signed in plate: lower right "Whistler" Inscribed in plate: lower right "Imp. Delatre Rue St. Jacques 171"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
