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

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M.0031
Head of a Boy

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1851
Collection: Rhode Island School of Design
Accession Number: 1994.030.6
Medium: pen and ink
Support: wove paper
Size: 7/8 x 7/8" (22 x 22 mm)
Signature: unknown
Inscription: unknown

Head of a Boy

Technique

Drawn probably with a quill pen on smooth medium weight wove rag paper.

Conservation History

The paper is beige, probably browned.

Last updated: 26th May 2021 by Margaret