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

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M.0135
Sam Weller and Mary fold a carpet

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1853
Collection: Private Collection
Accession Number: none
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: white paper
Size: 7 1/4 x 9 3/16" (184 x 233 mm, sight)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Sam Weller and Mary fold a carpet.'

Sam Weller and Mary fold a carpet

Sam Weller and Mary fold a carpet dates from about 1853, after Whistler had read Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens (1812-1870). It was given to William Robertson Boggs (1829-1911) , Adjutant of the Corps of Cadets at West Point.

Sam Weller and Mary fold a carpet, private collection
Sam Weller and Mary fold a carpet, private collection

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 135).

Last updated: 11th March 2021 by Margaret