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

 

M.0043
'Shoulder Arms'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1850
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 33.2015.11
Medium: watercolour over graphite
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 3 1/16 x 3 7/8" (78 x 99 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Shoulder Arms'

'Shoulder Arms'

Technique

'Shoulder Arms', Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
'Shoulder Arms', Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

A very naive drawing, traditionally believed to be by Whistler, similar to Soldier with bottle and gun [M.0042].

Last updated: 10th March 2021 by Margaret