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Church Scene (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch page with four sketches. Top left: A man on horseback wearing a hat and holding a staff. The horse's head is not visible. The man looks to the right. A woman on foot beside the horse looks to the left. A man crouches behind them. Top right: A man with a mustache smokes a pipe. He wears a jacket with vertical stripes. The text "After Dinner" is below him. Bottom left: A group of people in 18th-century dress. Some hold spears. A hat lies on the ground. There is illegible text below the image. Bottom right: A man in a top hat and white clothing. His left arm is bent at the elbow. The background is white with a thin black line border. The page is torn and worn.

Artwork Details

Date
1854–55
Medium
Brown ink, white gouache, graphite and wash on brown wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
502 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
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