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![View a larger version of this image 'The Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg; a man bending over a sleeping man; studies of heads', St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 9, The Hunterian](../../../images/125/m0007_011.jpg)
'The Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg; a man bending over a sleeping man; studies of heads',
St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 9, The Hunterian
Drawings of the Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg, Russia, appear on pp. 9, 26.
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![View a larger version of this image 'George Washington Whistler', St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 29, The Hunterian](../../../images/125/m0007_027.jpg)
'George Washington Whistler',
St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 29, The Hunterian
![View a larger version of this image 'Two male portraits', St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 56, The Hunterian](../../../images/125/m0007_054.jpg)
'Two male portraits',
St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 56, The Hunterian
![View a larger version of this image 'Studies of a woman supporting a man, an old man, and the portrait of a lady', inscr. 'Finis.', St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 72, The Hunterian](../../../images/125/m0007_070.jpg)
'Studies of a woman supporting a man, an old man, and the portrait of a lady', inscr. 'Finis.',
St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 72, The Hunterian
It includes portraits of Whistler's mother,
Anna Matilda Whistler (1804-1881)
(p. 72) and his father
George Washington Whistler (1800-1849)
on pp. 29 and 56.
![View a larger version of this image 'Selfportraits, an old man with a cloak over one shoulder, two robed men, and a man with a brush', St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 5, The Hunterian](../../../images/125/m0007_007.jpg)
'Selfportraits, an old man with a cloak over one shoulder, two robed men, and a man with a brush',
St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 5, The Hunterian
There is a self-portrait of
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
on p. 5.
![View a larger version of this image 'Studies of two men fighting, of faces, including a child, and of figures, including a robed figure leaning on a wall', St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 10, The Hunterian](../../../images/125/m0007_012.jpg)
'Studies of two men fighting, of faces, including a child, and of figures, including a robed figure leaning on a wall',
St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 10, The Hunterian
![View a larger version of this image 'Studies of a seated figure and a winged cherub', St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 14, The Hunterian](../../../images/125/m0007_016.jpg)
'Studies of a seated figure and a winged cherub',
St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 14, The Hunterian
Two sketches (pp. 10, 14) may show Whistler's younger brother
William McNeill Whistler (1836-1900)
.
![View a larger version of this image 'Portrait of a young woman; studies of a mermaid; head of a bearded man', inscr. `"Oh 'tis pleasant to float on the Sea -"/ the Mermaid's song from "Oberon".' and 'The mermaid'/"This morning/ C.L" ', by C. Lidderdale, St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 27, The Hunterian](../../../images/125/m0007_025.jpg)
'Portrait of a young woman; studies of a mermaid; head of a bearded man', inscr. `"Oh 'tis pleasant to float on the Sea -"/ the Mermaid's song from "Oberon".' and 'The mermaid'/"This morning/ C.L" ', by C. Lidderdale,
St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 27, The Hunterian
Their half-sister
Deborah Delano Haden (1825-1908)
may be the young woman on p. 27.
![View a larger version of this image 'Heads of Midas, Istvastchic and a man in a turban', inscr. 'Midas' and 'Istvastchic', St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 7, The Hunterian](../../../images/125/m0007_009.jpg)
'Heads of Midas, Istvastchic and a man in a turban', inscr. 'Midas' and 'Istvastchic',
St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 7, The Hunterian
There are also portraits of servants as well as imaginary and exotic figures.
![View a larger version of this image A. O. Koritzkii after Brioullov, 'Napoleon Bonaparte', St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 23, The Hunterian](../../../images/125/m0007_021.jpg)
A. O. Koritzkii after Brioullov, 'Napoleon Bonaparte',
St Petersburg Sketchbook, p. 23, The Hunterian
A sketch of Napoleon (p. 23) was drawn by Whistler's tutor, Aleksander Osipovich Koritzkii, after a portrait by the history painter Alexandre Pavlovitch Brioullov (1799-1852), professor at the Academie des Beaux Arts.