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

 

M.0109
'Well Sir!'

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1852/1853
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.8
Medium: pencil, pen and dark brown ink
Support: light buff wove paper laid down on card
Size: 3 1/8 x 1 3/4" (79 x 44 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Well Sir!'

'Well Sir!'

Technique

Well Sir!, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Well Sir!, Metropolitan Museum of Art

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 109).

Conservation History

Well Sir!, in Winans' Album, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Well Sir!, in Winans' Album, Metropolitan Museum of Art

The drawing was originally stuck into an album.

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret