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Christ and Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch page with five sketches. Top left: A man sitting at a table with a draped backdrop behind him. Top right: Two men and a woman standing; one man appears to be gesturing. Bottom left: A man wearing a cap, coat and pants, and carrying a suitcase; "Terrible disaster. Loss of the Arctic!!" written below. Bottom right: A head and shoulders sketch of a man. Middle right: A man under a hat or umbrella; a figure in the background. Upper right corner has a Roman numeral "II".

Artwork Details

Date
1854–55
Medium
Brown ink, white gouache and graphite on brown wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
473 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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