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

 

M.1507
Admiral Nelson -'Boarded at last!'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1897
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 2006685410
Medium: pencil
Support: beige laid paper, black mourning edges, watermark 'B' in a shield, f.s.
Size: 8 13/16 x 6 15/16" (224 x 177 mm)
Signature: butterfly added for publication
Inscription: letter from Whistler to E. R. & J. Pennell; '8-89-806.44/ C.E.274.' in unknown hand; v.: 'June 97' in unknown hand

Admiral Nelson -'Boarded at last!'

Provenance

See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1507).

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret