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

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On Post in Camp: First half hour

Provenance

  • 1853/1854: given to Absalom Baird (1824-1905) ;
  • 1905: bequeathed to his son-in-law Colonel Charles Dudley Da1y (1880-1959) and his wife Beatrice (1885-1969), who gave it to West Point Museum.

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 128).

Exhibitions

As far as is known, it was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 4th March 2021 by Margaret