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

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M.0201
Gendarme

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1855
Collection: Art Institute Of Chicago
Accession Number: 1927.5880
Medium: graphite pencil, pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 5 1/8 x 2 1/2" (131 x 64 mm)
Signature: 'JW.'
Inscription: 'Gendarme. -'

Gendarme

Gendarme 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) .

Gendarme, Art Institute Of Chicago
Gendarme, Art Institute Of Chicago

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 201).

Last updated: 10th December 2020 by Margaret