Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1851 Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Accession Number: 1970.121.62 Medium: pen, black, red and blue inks and watercolour Support: beige paper laid down on card, originally in album, numbered '17' Size: 7 3/4 x 5 1/4" (197 x 134 mm) Signature: 'J. Whistler. 18,51' Inscription: 'RUSSIAN AMERICA / BRITISH TERRITORY / UNITED STATES / MEXICO / COLUMBIA' and 'GREENLAND' etc., names of countries, 'PACIFIC OCEAN', islands, major cities, the equator and tropics, latitudes and longitudes, and other features