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

Home > Catalogue > Browse > r.: Jack Sheppard, Edgeworth Bess, and Pol; v.: Lenses and prisms <<   >>

M.0192
r.: Jack Sheppard, Edgeworth Bess, and Pol; v.: Lenses and prisms

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1855
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.30
Medium: r: pencil, pen and dark brown ink; v: pencil
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 7 7/16-7 9/16 x 4 13/16-4 15/16" (190-192 x 122-127 mm)
Signature: 'J. Whistler. 1855.' or possibly 'J A Whistler. 1855.'
Inscription: ' "Jack Shephard" [sic], "Edgeworth Bess" & "Pol" '
print

r.: Jack Sheppard, Edgeworth Bess, and Pol; v.: Lenses and prisms

Technique

r.: Jack Sheppard, Edgeworth Bess, and Pol, Metropolitan Museum of Art
r.: Jack Sheppard, Edgeworth Bess, and Pol, Metropolitan Museum of Art

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 192).

Conservation History

This was among numerous drawings given to the Winans family and stuck into an album.

Last updated: 14th March 2021 by Margaret