Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1852/1853 Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Accession Number: 1970.121.18 Medium: r: pencil, pen, brown ink and wash; v: pen, brown ink and gouache Support: greenish-brown wove paper laid down on card Size: 5 x 3 5/16" (127 x 84 mm) Signature: 'J.W.' Inscription: 'Oh! when we go out to dress parade / We look so Fine and gay, / We have to carry our guns along, / To keep the girls away.'