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

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M.0085.
Prisoner in a cell

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1851/1852
Collection: Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
Accession Number: 59.278
Medium: pencil, pen, dark brown ink and wash
Support: buff paper laid down on board
Size: 4 3/4 x 6" (120 x 153 mm)
Signature: 'J. Whistler'
Inscription: none

Prisoner in a cell

Description

Prisoner in a cell, Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Prisoner in a cell, Beaverbrook Art Gallery

A ragged bearded man sits on the ground at left, fsacing right. At upper right, two men carrying a lantern peer round a corner at him.

Last updated: 11th March 2021 by Margaret