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The Guard Tents (Recto) (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch on rectangular gray paper. The left side depicts a cloudy sky with diagonal lines indicating rain. The right side appears to show a man's face. The face looks down and to the right with short hair. A tent or structure is to the right. The number 68 appears in the bottom right corner.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1854
Medium:
Black ink on brown wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 365 px
Museum record:
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