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

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M.0122
A West Point drummer, and sketches

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1852/1853
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and brown ink
Support: white paper
Size: 6 1/2 x 3 3/4" (165 x 95 mm, sight)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

A West Point drummer, and sketches

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A West Point drummer, and sketches, Private Collection
A West Point drummer, and sketches, Private Collection

The drummers, and the young man whose head appears at lower right, were probably fellow cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Last updated: 30th March 2021 by Margaret