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

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r.: The Guard Tents; v.: Fragment, illegible

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1852/1853
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.68
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: brown paper laid down on card
Size: 1 1/16 x 2 5/8" (27 x 67 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'The Guard Tents'; v: '68' in another hand

r.: The Guard Tents; v.: Fragment, illegible

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r.: The Guard Tents, Metropolitan Museum of Art
r.: The Guard Tents, Metropolitan Museum of Art

It was drawn when Whistler was a cadet at the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY. It appears, however, to show a gala or party, with visitors including women with parasols.

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret