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

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Flight of Xerxes

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1843
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.10
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper, in a Scrapbook bound in cardboard covered in green paper, with leather spine labelled in gilt 'S[CRAP]B[OOK]' and leather corners
Size: 4 x 5 13/16" (102 x 148 mm) Scrapbook boards 275 x 196 mm, pages 268 x 198 mm
Signature: 'James A. Whistler'
Inscription: 'Flight of Xerxes. Stonington Feb 27th. 1843'

Flight of Xerxes

Description

Flight of Xerxes, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Flight of Xerxes, Metropolitan Museum of Art

This drawing, showing mailed soldiers and archers, and several ships, may be a copy of an illustration. The story of the flight of King Xerxes after his defeat by the Greeks was told in the history of Herodotus.

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret