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

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M.0130
On Post in Camp: Third 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 3/8 x 7 15/16" (238 x 202 mm, sight)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'On Post in Camp. / Third half hour - '

On Post in Camp: Third half hour

On Post in Camp: Third half hour dates from 1853/1854, and was given to Absalom Baird (1824-1905) , Associate Professor of Mathematics at West Point.

On Post in Camp: Third half hour, USMA
On Post in Camp: Third half hour, USMA

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 130).

Last updated: 4th March 2021 by Margaret