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M.0705
Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1878
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 3/20/1
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: cream laid paper, embossed heading 'THE WHITE HOUSE,/ CHELSEA EMBANKMENT', partial watermark 'ORIGINA/ TURKEY M/ KENT', f.s.
Size: 7 5/8 x 6 1/16" (194 x 154 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: draft letter to J. J. Tissot

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Sketch of 'Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket', Library of Congress

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