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

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M.0199
Lancer

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1855
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: 1927.5881
Medium: pen and black ink over graphite pencil
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 5 9/16 x 2 7/8" (141 x 73 mm)
Signature: 'JW.'
Inscription: 'Lancer.'

Lancer

Lancer dates from 1855. It was given by Whistler to a fellow-draughtsman at the US Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington DC, John Ross Key (1837-1920) .

Lancer, Art Institute Of Chicago
Lancer, Art Institute Of Chicago

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 199).

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret