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

 

M.0078
Map of America

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1851
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.62
Medium: pen, black, red and blue inks and watercolour
Support: beige paper laid down on card, originally in album, numbered '17'
Size: 7 3/4 x 5 1/4" (197 x 134 mm)
Signature: 'J. Whistler. 18,51'
Inscription: 'RUSSIAN AMERICA / BRITISH TERRITORY / UNITED STATES / MEXICO / COLUMBIA' and 'GREENLAND' etc., names of countries, 'PACIFIC OCEAN', islands, major cities, the equator and tropics, latitudes and longitudes, and other features

Map of America

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Map of America, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Map of America, Metropolitan Museum of Art

A map of North and South America, with part of Labrador and Greenland.

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret