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M.0098
Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1852
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46006
Medium: pencil, pen, brown and black ink, grey/black wash, blue and pink watercolour
Support: pale blue wove paper (224 sides) in half-leather-bound volume
Size: boards 9 5/8 x 7 7/8"; paper 9 3/8 x 7 13/16" (boards 245 x 200; paper 238 x 199 mm)
Signature: 'J A Whistler' and 'James A Whistler', repeated, on p. 59
Inscription: various

Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook

Description

'Cloister with two monks', Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook, p. 45, The Hunterian
'Cloister with two monks', Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook, p. 45, The Hunterian

It contains numerous sketches including Oriental head, chemistry experiments, and other sketches; Oriental figure, man in a striped cap, and other sketches; Boning and Not Boning; Soldier; Heads; Cloister with two monks; A figure and a man in a hat; Heads and hats; Figure studies; and Soldier.

The sketches show a variety of subjects including, illustrated above, a composition involving monks, possibly related to subjects studied in the art classes at West Point under Robert Walter Weir (1803-1889). See, for example, a more finished drawing, Monk reading [M.0142].

Sitter

'Boning' and 'Not Boning', Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook, p. 4, The Hunterian
'Boning' and 'Not Boning', Cadet Colquitt's Mathematics notebook, p. 4, The Hunterian

The subjects include cadets and soldiers, not necessarily drawn from life.

Last updated: 6th December 2020 by Margaret