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

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M.0128
On Post in Camp: First half hour

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1853/1854
Collection: United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
Accession Number: n/a
Medium: pencil, pen and brown ink
Support: white paper
Size: 9 7/16 x 7 15/16" (240 x 202 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'On Post in Camp. / First half hour - '

On Post in Camp: First half hour

Composition

On Post in Camp: First half hour, USMA
On Post in Camp: First half hour, USMA
On Post in Camp: Second half hour, USMA
On Post in Camp: Second half hour, USMA
On Post in Camp: Third half hour, USMA
On Post in Camp: Third half hour, USMA
On Post in Camp: Last half hour, USMA
On Post in Camp: Last half hour, USMA

This is the first in a series of drawings, On Post in Camp: First half hour [M.0128], On Post in Camp: Second half hour [M.0129], On Post in Camp: Third half hour [M.0130], and On Post in Camp: Last half hour [M.0131].

Technique

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 128).

Conservation History

The sketch was stuck into a scrapbook, but later removed.

Last updated: 4th March 2021 by Margaret