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Holding it for a "Crack Shot!" (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gray paper with five sketches of people. Top left: A standing man with a hat holding a walking stick and a hat in his left hand, in an elongated white rectangle. Top right: A standing woman in a long dress in a square. Middle: A woman with a parasol and hat in a white circle. Bottom left: A woman sitting on the ground with a box, in a white rectangle with "Holding it for a 'Crack Shot!'" written underneath. Bottom right: A woman pushing or pulling a girl on a swing, in a white archway. Top right corner has "13" handwritten. Some illegible writing appears under top left image and bottom right image. The bottom left image has writing that matches the title.

Artwork Details

Date
1854–55
Medium
Graphite, red watercolor and ink on off-white Bristol board
Culture
American
Dimensions
460 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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