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

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M.0133
'Vive les Débardeurs!!'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1853/1854
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.34
Medium: pencil, pen and black ink
Support: off-white wove paper laid down in an album
Size: 4 13/16 x 2 3/16" (122 x 56 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Vive les Debardeures!!' [sic]

'Vive les Débardeurs!!'

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'Vive les Débardeurs!!', Metropolitan Museum of Art
'Vive les Débardeurs!!', Metropolitan Museum of Art

'Débardeurs' were French dockworkers or longshoremen. Whistler was inspired by the series Les Débardeurs by Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). See also Le Débardeur [M.0037].

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret