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

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M.0189
'Pour boire'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1854/1855
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.46
Medium: pencil, pen and dark brown ink
Support: beige wove paper, the edges unevenly cut, laid down on card
Size: 3 x 1 5/26-1 5/8" (75 x 33-41 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Pour boire' on support sheet

'Pour boire'

'Pour boire' dates from 1854 or 1855. It was given to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) .

'Pour boire', Metropolitan Museum of Art
'Pour boire', Metropolitan Museum of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 189).

Last updated: 14th March 2021 by Margaret