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

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M.0077
'Willie Whistler and camarades ...

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1851/1852
Collection: Library Of Congress, Washington, DC.
Accession Number: 89709197
Medium: pen, dark brown ink and pencil
Support: off-white wove paper, with embossed stamp and printed prospectus of Rev. Roswell Park, DD, President, Racine College
Size: 9 3/4 x 7 5/8" (248 x 192 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Cadet Whistler and other members of the 21st look on!' and 'Willie Whistler and "Camarades" on their way to chapel after putting on their Canonicals'

'Willie Whistler and camarades ...

'Willie Whistler and "Camarades" on their way to chapel after putting on their Canonicals' dates from between 1851 and 1852. It was signed much later, in 1891, at the request of Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932). 1

'Willie Whistler and "Camarades" on their way to chapel ...', Library of Congress
'Willie Whistler and "Camarades" on their way to chapel ...', Library of Congress

The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 77).

Notes:

1: ' "Willie Whistler & camarades" on their way to chapel after putting on their canonicals.', Kennedy to Whistler, 6 June 1891, GUW #07192.

Last updated: 2nd January 2019 by Margaret