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

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M.0112.
Head (Thomas Wilson's autograph book, p. 3)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1852
Collection: United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
Accession Number: Wilson, Thomas, 1832-1901, USMA 1853, CU # 1607
Medium: pen, brown and black ink
Support: white wove paper, in maroon leather-bound album 'Flowers of Loveliness', with stamped and gilt decoration on the cover, and hand-tinted lithographs of flowers on some pages, published by J. C. Riker, 129 Fulton Street, New York, 64 pages (128 sides)
Size: 7 11/16 x 6 1/8" (196 x 156 mm)
Signature: 'J. Whistler.'
Inscription: none

Head (Thomas Wilson's autograph book, p. 3)

Technique

In the album there are drawings by several cadets, mostly from the class of 1853, including the owner, Thomas Wilson (1832-1901) .

Conservation History

This is among drawings inserted in an album, which was rebound by James MacDonald Co., NY, in 1972.

Last updated: 11th March 2021 by Margaret