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

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M.0262
r.: Four men on a boat; v.: Sailor

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1858
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1898.199
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 4 1/8-4 3/16 x 5 13/16" (105-107 x 148 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'SH', possibly by F. S. Haden; '1858' in an unknown hand

r.: Four men on a boat; v.: Sailor

Site

r.: Four men on a boat, Freer Gallery of Art
r.: Four men on a boat, Freer Gallery of Art

One of several sketches drawn on a riverboat on the Rhine.

Sitter

It is possible the curly-haired man at left was Whistler's companion, Ernest Delannoy (d. 1869/1872).

Last updated: 14th December 2019 by Margaret