Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.0067
'What I Once Was'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1850
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 33.2015.23
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: tan wove paper with curved top
Size: 4 5/8 x 6 3/16" (117 x 157 mm)
Signature: 'JW'
Inscription: 'Mr Frampton uses his Umbrella!!' and '50'
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'What I Once Was'

Mr Frampton Uses his Umbrella!! dates from 1850 and was given to Samuel Hammond (1835-1896), a fellow pupil at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret, CT.

Mr Frampton Uses his Umbrella!!, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
Mr Frampton Uses his Umbrella!!, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 68).

Last updated: 10th March 2021 by Margaret