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

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M.0109
'Well Sir!'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1852/1853
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.8
Medium: pencil, pen and dark brown ink
Support: light buff wove paper laid down on card
Size: 3 1/8 x 1 3/4" (79 x 44 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Well Sir!'

'Well Sir!'

Well Sir! dates from 1852 or 1853, and was given by Whistler to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) and family.

Well Sir!, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Well Sir!, Metropolitan Museum of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 109).

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret