One of the Board dates from between 1852 and 1854, when Whistler was a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

One of the Board, Pennell 1908, vol. 1, repr. f.p. 116

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 94); the catalopgue entry has been amended. The drawing is known only from a photograph.