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Terrible Disaster! Loss of the Arctic! (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a page from a sketchbook with five sketches. The top-left sketch depicts a man sitting at a table, wearing striped pants and a dark jacket. The table is draped with fabric on the sides and back. The top-right sketch shows two men and a woman standing; two are wearing long robes. The bottom-left sketch features a man in a uniform with a hat, holding a paper. He stands with one arm on his hip and the other holding the paper. There is writing below him. The bottom-right two sketches: one shows a man with a hat, and the other shows people under an umbrella. The background of the page is white with some gray shading. A Roman numeral "II" is in the top-right corner.

Artwork Details

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