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

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M.0198
r.: Hussar; v.: Man with a top hat, and bandaged head

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1855
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number: 1934.680
Medium: r: pen and black ink over pencil
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 5 5/16 x 3" (135 x 75-78 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v: collector's mark (Lugt 2972, Bryan Lathrop)

r.: Hussar; v.: Man with a top hat, and bandaged head

Technique

r.: Hussar, Art Institute Of Chicago
r.: Hussar, Art Institute Of Chicago
v.: Man with a top hat, and bandaged head, Art Institute Of Chicago
v.: Man with a top hat, and bandaged head, Art Institute Of Chicago

The dramatic drawing on the recto is by Whistler but the drawings on the verso may be by another hand.

See Clarke, Jay A., and Sarah Kelly Oehler, eds., Whistler Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2020, website.

Last updated: 5th December 2020 by Margaret