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

 

M.0060
May Morning Preparations

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1849/1851
Collection: Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Accession Number: 33.2015.3
Medium: pen and brown ink and watercolour
Support: beige wove paper
Size: 2 13/16 x 3 5/16" (72 x 84 mm)
Signature: 'J. W.'
Inscription: 'May Morning Preparations.'

May Morning Preparations

Description

May Morning Preparations, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University
May Morning Preparations, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University

A young woman kneeling, facing left, looking in a mirror, and holding a branch. A richly dressed man behind her is twirling his moustache... They wear vaguely historical dress.

Last updated: 10th March 2021 by Margaret