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

Home > Catalogue > Browse > r.: Jem Bugs; v.: female figure <<   >>

M.0111
r.: Jem Bugs; v.: female figure

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1852/1853
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.19
Medium: r: pencil; v: crayon
Support: beige paper, with printed 'L' (cut off), laid down on card
Size: 3 1/4-3 13/16 x 2 1/16-2 1/4" (95-97 x 53-57 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Jem Bugs.' or 'Jem Bags.'
print

r.: Jem Bugs; v.: female figure

Sitter

r.: Jem Bugs, Metropolitan Museum of Art
r.: Jem Bugs, Metropolitan Museum of Art

This may be a portrait of a bugler at the United States Military Academy, West Point.

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret