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

 

M.0169
Two men drinking

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1854
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.22
Medium: pencil, pen and brown ink
Support: beige laid paper
Size: 2 9/16 x 3 13/16" (65 x 98 mm)
Signature: 'JW.'
Inscription: v: Cadet Whistler in "B" .... / into "C" ... Company in the ... / Cadet James Whistler./West Point N. / Corns' [in various hands]

Two men drinking

Description

Two men drinking, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Two men drinking, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two men seated at a table, seen only to the waist; the one at right, who has a moustache and beard, looks askance at the turbanned or bonneted man at left, and is pouring wine from a flagon.

Last updated: 14th March 2021 by Margaret