Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1858 Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Accession Number: F1898.181 Medium: pencil Support: off-white wove paper Size: 6 9/16 x 8 9/16" (167 - 217 mm) Signature: none Inscription: 'A la ferme de Maladrie. -' by Whistler; 'SH' possibly by F. S. Haden
Over fifty drawings, many in sketchbooks, most of which dated from 1857-1858, were apparently given to Whistler's half-sister Deborah and/or her husband, Francis Seymour Haden, and were later removed from the sketchbooks.