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

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M.0001
Duck

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1838
Collection: Whereabouts Unknown
Accession Number: none
Medium: pencil
Support: paper
Size: 2 1/16 x 2 1/4" (53 x 57 mm, irregular)
Signature: 'JAW'
Inscription: 'N.4' in unknown hand
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Duck

This is Whistler's earliest known drawing and dates from 1838. It is known only from a photograph.

Duck, photograph, Library of Congress
Duck, photograph, Library of Congress

It is catalogued fully in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1).

Last updated: 12th December 2018 by Margaret