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

 

M.0042
Soldier with bottle and gun

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1850
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 33.2015.14
Medium: watercolour and graphite
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 44 1/4 x 2 5/8" (108 x 67 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Soldier with bottle and gun

Description

Soldier with bottle and gun, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Soldier with bottle and gun, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

A drunken pin-headed soldier with rifle, bayonet fixed, in one hand, black bottle in the other; he wears a short blue jacket, white trousers, and a tall red hat.

Last updated: 10th March 2021 by Margaret