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

 

M.0061
'Old Casper'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1851
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 33.2015.19
Medium: pen, black and brown ink over graphite
Support: tan wove paper
Size: 3 1/2 x 3" (89 x 76 mm)
Signature: 'J. W.'
Inscription: 'Old Casper . . Southey.'

'Old Casper'

'Old Casper' dates from between 1849 and 1851, and was given to Whistler's fellow pupil at Christ Church Hall, Pomfret, CT, Samuel Hammond (1835-1896) .

'Old Casper', Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
'Old Casper', Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

This is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 61).

Last updated: 10th March 2021 by Margaret