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

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M.0184
'Mr B. Christ bids good morning to a lady...'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1854
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.45
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: beige wove paper laid down on card
Size: 4 1/4 x 2 7/8" (107 x 74 mm)
Signature: 'J.W.'
Inscription: 'Mr B. Christ bids good morning to a lady, who, in calling did'nt [sic] think she "incurred any obligation to purchase" '

'Mr B. Christ bids good morning to a lady...'

'Mr B. Christ bids good morning to a lady...' dates from shortly after 6 November 1854, the date printed on the circular that inspired Whistler's drawing.

'Mr B. Christ bids good morning to a lady...', Metropolitan Museum of Art
'Mr B. Christ bids good morning to a lady...', Metropolitan Museum of Art
'Mr B. Christ bids good morning to a lady...', Metropolitan Museum of Art
'Mr B. Christ bids good morning to a lady...', Metropolitan Museum of Art

For more information on this work, see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 184).

Last updated: 14th March 2021 by Margaret