Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1850 Collection: Glasgow University Library Accession Number: Special Collections, MS Whistler P43 Medium: watercolour, pencil, pen and black ink Support: cream wove paper Size: 4 1/2 x 7" (113 x 179 mm) Signature: none Inscription: 'I'm a novice at this, / But a sweet blue eyed Miss, / Cannot fail to inspire / A youth's fond desire, / To contribute his mite / To surprise and delight, / I bow to your Shine / Adopt me your Valentine, / Perpetual good humour!" in Anna McN. Whistler's hand
The figures were painted neatly, using a small, fine-pointed brush. The paint (blue and reds) was a little dry. The sheet was folded vertically at left, centre and right.
