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

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r.: Oil night, West Point; v.: Heads

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1852
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.35
Medium: r: pencil, v: chalk
Support: buff wove paper
Size: 6 1/16 x 5 9/16" (154 x 141 mm)
Signature: 'J Whistler'
Inscription: ' "Oil night." ' and 'West Point. Nov. 1852'
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r.: Oil night, West Point; v.: Heads

r.: Oil night, West Point; v.: Heads was dated November 1852 by the artist, though the inscribed date appears to be a later addition to the drawing. It was given by Whistler to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878).

r.: Oil night, West Point, Metropolitan Museum of Art
r.: Oil night, West Point, Metropolitan Museum of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 118).

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret