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

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M.0029
Map of England and Wales

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1850
Collection: New York Public Library
Accession Number: Image ID 5059913
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: cream laid paper
Size: 4 7/8 x 4 15/16" (123 x 125 mm)
Signature: 'J. Whistler. / 50'
Inscription: r.: 'ENGLAND' and names of cities, islands, channel, etc; v.: 'No 55953' printed

Map of England and Wales

Map of England and Wales is signed and dated 1850, and was probably drawn when Whistler was at Christ Church School, Pomfret, CT.

Map of England and Wales, New York Public Library
Map of England and Wales, New York Public Library

Louise Chandler Moulton (1835-1908) remembered that the maps drawn at Pomfret by Whistler 'were at once the pride and envy of all the rest of us – they were so perfect, so delicate, so exquisite in workmanship.' 1

Notes:

1: Pennell 1908 [more] , vol. 1, p. 28.

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