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

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(a) 'A la Yankee'; (b) An Outside (Gracie's Album, p. 95)

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1851/1852
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1908.10b and F1908.10c
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper, within two embossed lace filigree ovals, each with the publisher's name 'ROCK'
Size: 1 3/16 x 1 7/8" (31 x 48 mm)
Signature: (b) 'J. W.'
Inscription: (a) '"A la Yankee."-' and (b) 'An Outside'
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(a) 'A la Yankee'; (b) An Outside (Gracie's Album, p. 95)

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(a) 'A la Yankee' , Gracie's Album, p. 95, Freer Gallery of Art
(a) 'A la Yankee' , Gracie's Album, p. 95, Freer Gallery of Art

A smart young man is smoking, wearing narrow chequered trousers, and lying on the floor with his feet on a table.

(b) An Outside, Gracie's Album, p. 95, Freer Gallery of Art
(b) An Outside, Gracie's Album, p. 95, Freer Gallery of Art

A depressed man in black coat and top hat under an umbrella in the rain.

Last updated: 2nd March 2021 by Margaret