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

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r.: Dress parade; v.: Cadets at West Point

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1852/1853
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.18
Medium: r: pencil, pen, brown ink and wash; v: pen, brown ink and gouache
Support: greenish-brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 5 x 3 5/16" (127 x 84 mm)
Signature: 'J.W.'
Inscription: 'Oh! when we go out to dress parade / We look so Fine and gay, / We have to carry our guns along, / To keep the girls away.'
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r.: Dress parade; v.: Cadets at West Point

r.: Dress parade; v.: Cadets at West Point dates from between 1852 and 1853, and was given to Thomas de Kay Winans (1820-1878).

r.: Dress parade, Metropolitan Museum of Art
r.: Dress parade, Metropolitan Museum of Art
v.: Cadets at West Point, Metropolitan Museum of Art
v.: Cadets at West Point, Metropolitan Museum of Art

It is catalogued fully in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 99).

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret