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!'

Admiral Nelson -'Boarded at last!' was drawn in a letter from Whistler to Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936) and Joseph Pennell (1860-1926) . It was then touched up, signed and published in the Daily Chronicle on 18 June 1897.

Admiral Nelson -'Boarded at last!', Library of Congress
Admiral Nelson -'Boarded at last!', Library of Congress
'Mr Whistler on the Jubilee Stands', Daily Chronicle, 18 June 1897
'Mr Whistler on the Jubilee Stands', Daily Chronicle, 18 June 1897

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1507). The entry has been amended.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret