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

 

M.0208
May 18th, 1855

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1855
Collection: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Accession Number: 1970.121.38
Medium: pencil, pen and black ink
Support: beige paper laid down on card, originally in an album, p. 10
Size: 6 7/8 x 5 1/2-5 5/8" (175 x 140-143 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: 'May. 18th (55.)' (written in pen over pencil)

May 18th, 1855

Technique

May 18th, 1855, Metropolitan Museum of Art
May 18th, 1855, Metropolitan Museum of Art

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 208).

Conservation History

Numerous drawings were stuck by the Winans family and Whistler in an album.

Last updated: 14th March 2021 by Margaret