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

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M.0139
Copy after Cattermole's 'Man dispensing Alms'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1853/1854
Collection: United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
Accession Number: Stockbridge Number: 0345
Medium: pencil, pen, black ink and charcoal
Support: orange paper
Size: 28 15/16 x 21 1/16" (735 x 535 mm, sight)
Signature: none
Inscription: none
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Copy after Cattermole's 'Man dispensing Alms'

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Copy after Cattermole's 'Man dispensing Alms', USMA
Copy after Cattermole's 'Man dispensing Alms', USMA

A man clad in white emerges from an elaborate doorway with steps leading down. A crowd of people throng the steps, some kneeling in supplication or reverence.

Last updated: 4th March 2021 by Margaret