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Leg (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white sketch page with five sketches. Top left: a man in a top hat crouches, wearing a jacket and trousers, and points at something on the ground. Top right: a standing man wearing a hat and a loose jacket with short pants and no socks. Center: two men sitting next to a wine jug. Bottom: a man in a large hat playing a stringed instrument. Small sketch to the right of the center and bottom two images: a leg bent at the knee. All sketches are drawn in a similar loose style.

Artwork details

Date:
1854–55
Medium:
Black ink on brown wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
485 × 624 px
Museum record:
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