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

 

M.0004
Coach and horses

Artist: J. McN. Whistler, possibly with Emma Woodbridge Palmer
Date: 1840/1843
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: PE1111/.B6/1840//c.2/P&P/Pennell
Medium: pencil and dark brown ink
Support: off-white paper, in Goold Brown, 'The Institutes of English Grammar', New York, 1832, revised edition
Size: cover 7 5/16 x 4 5/16"; paper 7 3/16 x 4 1/8" (cover 186 x 109; paper 182 x 105 mm)
Signature: 'James A. Whistler' etc, see below
Inscription: 'James A. Whistler / Springfield / Mass / Palmer / James A W / James A Whistler / Sprin[gfield] / JAW' in hands of Whistler and another

Coach and horses

Description

Coach and horses, Library of Congress
Coach and horses, Library of Congress

The coach and horses and the name 'Palmer' were drawn with a broader nib than Whistler's name.

Inside the back cover there are sketches of geometrical shapes, not reproduced here.

Last updated: 12th December 2018 by Margaret