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Sketches of Wheels, Drums (from Sketchbook)

James McNeill Whistler

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a page with three sketches. The page is light gray with darker gray marks and stains throughout. The sketches are on the right side of the page, stacked vertically. The top sketch is of a wheel with an axle through it. The middle sketch is of a rectangle with rounded corners. The bottom sketch is of another cylinder with a conical protrusion on one end and an axle through it. The background of the image is white around the edges of the page.

Artwork Details

Date
1854–55
Medium
Brown ink on off-white wove paper
Culture
American
Dimensions
456 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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