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

Conservation History

r.: The Guard Tents, page in album, Metropolitan Museum of Art
r.: The Guard Tents, page in album, Metropolitan Museum of Art

The drawing was originally stuck into an album (p. 18).

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret