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

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M.0106
r.: West Point cadets; v.: Studies of heads, hats, and figures

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1852/1854
Collection: Collection of Mark Anthony Hatsis
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil, pen and black ink
Support: off-white laid paper
Size: 7 1/4 x 4 1/4" (184 x 114 mm)
Signature: see below
Inscription: r: 'Whistler' in unknown hand; v: 'James / Jim ...' possibly by Whistler and in various hands, with variations, 'AHChambers' and 'Chesterley ...'

r.: West Point cadets; v.: Studies of heads, hats, and figures

r.: West Point cadets; v.: Studies of heads, hats, and figures dates from between 1852 and 1854 and was given to a fellow cadet at West Point, Alexander Stewart Webb (1835-1911) .

r.: West Point cadets, private collection
r.: West Point cadets, private collection

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 106). This record has been updated.

Last updated: 9th June 2021 by Margaret