Artist: James McNeill Whistler Date: 1853/1854 Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Accession Number: 1970.121.34 Medium: pencil, pen and black ink Support: off-white wove paper laid down in an album Size: 4 13/16 x 2 3/16" (122 x 56 mm) Signature: none Inscription: 'Vive les Debardeures!!' [sic]
'Vive les Débardeurs!!', Metropolitan Museum of Art
'Débardeurs' were French dockworkers or longshoremen. Whistler was inspired by the series Les Débardeurs by Paul Gavarni (1804-1866). See also Le Débardeur[M.0037].