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

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M.0059
St Augustine

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1851
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1905.334
Medium: pencil, pen and brown ink
Support: beige wove paper
Size: 6 5/8 x 5 1/4" (169 x 134 mm)
Signature: 'JW.'
Inscription: 'St Augustine'

St Augustine

Description

St Augustine, Freer Gallery of Art
St Augustine, Freer Gallery of Art

On the right is a plump, robed monk holding a bottle in his left hand, in three-quarter view to left. At left is an unfinished sketch of a monk holding a baby, and at the bottom of the sheet, a monk at table.

Last updated: 28th February 2021 by Margaret