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

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M.0203a
A Man Seated at a Desk

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1854/1856
Collection: Colby College Museum of Art
Accession Number: 010.2006
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Size: 4 1/2 x 3" (114 x 76 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

A Man Seated at a Desk

Technique

A Man Seated At a Desk, Colby College Museum of Art
A Man Seated At a Desk, Colby College Museum of Art

The intricately cross-hatched shadows and delicate lines are recurring elements in Whistler's drawings at different periods.

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