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

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M.0047
Man seated at table

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1850
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 33.2015.15
Medium: graphite
Support: tan wove paper
Size: 1 3/4 x 4 1/4" (45 x 108 mm) irregular
Signature: none
Inscription: v: ' [ ] / chemistry - [ ] / Alchemist / 1 Sulphuric acid / 2 Nitric Acid / 3 [ ] / 4 Carbonic'
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Man seated at table

Description

Man seated at table, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Man seated at table, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

A man seated in profile to left, holding a small bottle in his right arm, which leans on a table.

Sitter

This could be a drawing from life but the sitter has not been identified.

Last updated: 10th March 2021 by Margaret