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

 

M.0103
Position of a Soldier

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1852
Collection: Library Of Congress, Washington, DC.
Accession Number: 2006678404
Medium: pen and black ink
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 6 1/8 x 5 1/8" (155 x 130 mm)
Signature: 'J.W.'
Inscription: 'Position of a Soldier: annihilation of the Bowels.' ; and in unknown hands: 'J.McN. Whistler' and '1852'

Position of a Soldier

Sitter

Position of a Soldier, Library Of Congress
Position of a Soldier, Library Of Congress

A cadet and newly enlisted young man at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Last updated: 2nd January 2019 by Margaret