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

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M.0208
May 18th, 1855

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1855
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.38
Medium: pencil, pen and black ink
Support: beige paper laid down on card, originally in an album, p. 10
Size: 6 7/8 x 5 1/2-5 5/8" (175 x 140-143 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'May. 18th (55.)' (written in pen over pencil)

May 18th, 1855

May 18th, 1855 is dated 'May. 18th' on the drawing, with the addition of the year, '55', in another hand.

It was given to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878) .

May 18th, 1855, Metropolitan Museum of Art
May 18th, 1855, Metropolitan Museum of Art

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 208).

Last updated: 14th March 2021 by Margaret