James McNeill Whistler
A Child on a Couch, No. 2
1873-1874
Physical Qualities
Drypoint, Sheet: 190 × 323 mm. (7 1/2 × 12 11/16 in.)
Plate: 139 × 217 mm. (5 1/2 × 8 9/16 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
1996.48.11679
According to Glasgow, "pencil butterfly of 1880/1881"
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, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," February 14-April 1, 1984.
Inscribed: Signed in pencil: lower left "[butterfly] imp."; lower right "J. A McN. Whistler" Signed in plate: upper left "[butterfly]"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
