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The Metropolitan Museum Journal, v. 5 (1972)

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART JOURNAL | VOLUME 5

"Whistler in America: An Album of Early Drawings"

Pressly, Nancy Dorfman

1972

30 pages

This title is out of print.

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Nancy Pressly

Met Art in Publication

The Margrave, the Prince[ss] and the Hermit (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Brown and black ink and pink gouache on dark off-white-tan
wove paper, American — The Margrave, the Prince[ss] and the Hermit (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Dress Parade (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Brown ink, gouache and graphite on greenish-brown wove paper, American — Dress Parade (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
ca. 1852

Oil Night (Recto); Several Sketches of Heads (Verso) (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Graphite on light tan wove paper (recto);
black chalk (verso), American — Oil Night (Recto); Several Sketches of Heads (Verso) (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1852

Girl with Parasol and Cadet (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Brown ink and graphite on blue laid paper, American — Girl with Parasol and Cadet (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
ca. 1854

Sir John Chester (from Dickens' Barnaby Rudge) (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Graphite and brown ink on off-white wove paper, American — Sir John Chester (from Dickens' Barnaby Rudge) (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Sir Piercie Shafton Sings (from Sir Walter Scott's "The Monastery") (Recto); Sketch of Female Figure (Verso) (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Brown ink and graphite on brown wove paper, American — Sir Piercie Shafton Sings (from Sir Walter Scott's "The Monastery") (Recto); Sketch of Female Figure (Verso) (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Jack Shepard [sic], Edgeworth Bess and Pol (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper, American — Jack Shepard [sic], Edgeworth Bess and Pol (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1855

Then Sir--I, am the King of Spain!!! (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler

1854–55

Two Men Drinking (Recto) (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Brown ink on off-white laid paper, American — Two Men Drinking (Recto) (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Man Playing Guitar (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Black ink on off-white wove paper, American — Man Playing Guitar (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Old C'lo (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Pen and iron-gall ink on yellow wove paper, American — Old C'lo (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Man with Walking Stick (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Black ink and graphite on buff wove paper, American — Man with Walking Stick (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Mr. Feathersanall, Lodger, Asks for a Little Wood (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper, American — Mr. Feathersanall, Lodger, Asks for a Little Wood (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Mrs. Tiffanny (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Ink and graphite on paper, American — Mrs. Tiffanny (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Pour Boire (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Ink and graphite on off-white wove paper, unevenly clipped, American — Pour Boire (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Vives Les Debardeures [sic]!! (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Black ink and graphite off-white wove paper, American — Vives Les Debardeures [sic]!! (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Girl with Parasol (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Brown ink on off-white wove paper, American — Girl with Parasol (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Artist's Studio (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Black ink on off-white wove paper, American — Artist's Studio (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Ross Winans Playing Violin (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper, American — Ross Winans Playing Violin (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

Cavalier (from Sketchbook), James McNeill Whistler American, Brownish-black ink on blue laid paper, American — Cavalier (from Sketchbook)
James McNeill Whistler
1854–55

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