Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1854 Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Accession Number: 1970.121.22 Medium: pencil, pen and brown ink Support: beige laid paper Size: 2 9/16 x 3 13/16" (65 x 98 mm) Signature: 'JW.' Inscription: v: Cadet Whistler in "B" .... / into "C" ... Company in the ... / Cadet James
Whistler./West Point N. / Corns' [in various hands]
Two men seated at a table, seen only to the waist; the one at right, who has a moustache and beard, looks askance at the turbanned or bonneted man at left, and is pouring wine from a flagon.