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

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M.0170
Man playing a guitar

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1854
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 970.121.26
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: beige wove paper laid down on card
Size: 3 1/2 x 4 13/16" (90 x 123 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Man playing a guitar

Man playing a guitar probably dates from 1854; it was given to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) .

Man playing a guitar, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Man playing a guitar, Metropolitan Museum of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 170).

Last updated: 14th March 2021 by Margaret