Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1854/1855 Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Accession Number: 1970.121.42 Medium: pen and dark brown ink Support: beige wove paper laid down on card Size: 2 9/16 x 3 11/16-3 3/4" (65 x 68-70 mm) Signature: none Inscription: none
The head and shoulders of a young man, wearing a very high collar, his face shadowed by a flat, broad brimmed straw hat, is smoking a clay pipe. Behind, to left, is a bottle and glass.