James McNeill Whistler
Salute Dawn
1878-1879
Physical Qualities
Etching, drypoint, Sheet: 133 × 202 mm. (5 1/4 × 7 15/16 in.)
Plate: 126 × 200 mm. (4 15/16 × 7 7/8 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
1996.48.11674
Glasgow indicates that "pencil butterfly possibly not by Whistler"
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 pencil: lower left, on paper tab "[butterfly] imp." Signed in plate: middle left "[butterfly]" Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "T.C Salute Dawn"
Markings: None
