James McNeill Whistler
The Tyresmith
1890
Physical Qualities
Transfer lithograph, Sheet: 310 x 207 mm. (12 3/16 x 8 1/8 in.)
Image: 165 x 179 mm. (6 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Winifred M. Gordon, Baltimore, in Memory of her Husband, Douglas Huntly Gordon
Object Number
1992.9
Purchased by Douglas Gordon
Inscribed: Signed in stone: center left with 'Butterfly'; signed in pencil: lower margin center 'Butterfly'. Collectors' stamp, lower right, verso in black ink 'G' in octagonal frame (Douglas Gordon) (Lugt 1130a supl.)
Markings: Fool's CAP with balls
