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

 

M.0147
Captain Cuttle

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1853/1854
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.52 (p.14)
Medium: pen and dark brown ink
Support: beige wove paper laid down in an album
Size: 1 5/8 x 2 11/16" (42 x 69 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'Captn. Cuttle'

Captain Cuttle

Sitter

Captain Cuttle, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Captain Cuttle, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Captain Cuttle was a character from Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, by Charles Dickens (1812-1870), first published in 1847-1848. Whistler read the Philadelphia edition of 1850-1 in the USMA Library in 1852-1853.

Last updated: 13th March 2021 by Margaret