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

 

M.0050
Man riding a horse

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1850
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 33.2015.17
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: brown wove paper
Size: 3 5/8 x 4 3/16 " (92 x 107 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Man riding a horse

Description

Man riding a horse, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Man riding a horse, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

An unfinished lively sketch of a galloping horse and rider. The rider is cloaked and carrying a cloth bag: he could be carrying an urgent message. It is likely that this was intended as an illustration.

Last updated: 10th March 2021 by Margaret