James McNeill Whistler

James McNeill Whistler

Christ and Two Disciples on the Road to Emmaus (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink, white gouache and graphite on brown wove paper

9.8 × 8.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-942459

James McNeill Whistler

Christ and Two Figures (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink on brown wove paper

10.2 × 8.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937571

James McNeill Whistler

Church Scene (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink, white gouache, graphite and wash on brown wove paper

10.2 × 8.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-942334

James McNeill Whistler

Drawing Fragment (Verso) (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Black ink on wove paper

2.7 × 6.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-936941

James McNeill Whistler

Elderly Bearded Man (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Dark brown ink on light off-white wove paper

11.6 × 4.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-941810

James McNeill Whistler

Female Figure; Wheels; Autograph (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Graphite on brown wove paper

14.1 × 15.6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937572

James McNeill Whistler

Figure in Bed (Sick or Drunk) (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper

5.6 × 9.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-941984

James McNeill Whistler

Four sketches (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink, gouache and graphite on greenish-brown wove paper

12.7 × 8.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-942335

James McNeill Whistler

Girl with Parasol (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink on off-white wove paper

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937830

James McNeill Whistler

Grid (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Graphite on buff wove paper

9.8 × 9.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937573

James McNeill Whistler

Head of a Man (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Graphite on off-white wove paper

11.3 × 14 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937828

James McNeill Whistler

Head of Man Smoking (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink on blue wove paper

5.9 × 4.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937566

James McNeill Whistler

Hooded Male Head (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate), 1854–55

Etching; proof impression of the only state (Glasgow 1); this is a fragment cut from the upper portion of "Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate" (Kennedy no. 1) by Whistler and mounted on a board with six other related fragments. Cited by Glasgow as the earliest known impression.

3.6 × 3.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-439984

James McNeill Whistler

Hooded Male Head (from Sketches on The Coast Survey Plate), 1854–55

Etching; proof impression of the only state (Glasgow 1); this is a fragment cut from the upper portion of "Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate" (Kennedy no. 1) by Whistler and mounted on a board with six other related fragments. Cited by Glasgow as the earliest known impression.

3.1 × 3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-439985

James McNeill Whistler

Jem Bags (Recto); Drawing of Female Figure (Verso) (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Graphite on paper

9.7 × 5.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-933584

James McNeill Whistler

Leg (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Black ink on brown wove paper

2.9 × 2.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937568

James McNeill Whistler

Man at Table beneath Mosquito Net (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Black ink on manilla-colored wove paper

11 × 8.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-934978

James McNeill Whistler

Man Bending to Point (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper

8.3 × 9.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-941809

James McNeill Whistler

Man Playing Guitar (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Black ink on off-white wove paper

9 × 12.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937827

James McNeill Whistler

Man Smoking (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Pen and iron-gall ink on off-white wove paper

5.1 × 6.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-942745

James McNeill Whistler

Man Standing (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Pen and iron-gall ink on off-white wove paper

10.2 × 6.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-942744

James McNeill Whistler

Man Standing, Cigarette in Mouth (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper

10.8 × 5.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-941808

James McNeill Whistler

Man with Donkey and Reclining Boy (Recto); Two Areas Blocked in Blue: Head of Man, Female Head and Head (Verso) (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Black and brown ink on off-white wove paper

14.9 × 18.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-938254

James McNeill Whistler

Man with Walking Stick (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Black ink and graphite on buff wove paper

9.8 × 9.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-941821

James McNeill Whistler

Mathmatical Computaions; Sketch of a Steer; Partial Unidentified Text (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown and black ink and graphite on dark off-white-tan wove paper

8.3 × 9.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-938351

James McNeill Whistler

Monk (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink on light brown wove paper

7.6 × 4.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937829

James McNeill Whistler

Monk Saying Grace, "Tibi Gracias" (Recto); Three Sketches of Lamp (Verso) (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper

13.2 × 17.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-941985

James McNeill Whistler

Mr. Feathersanall, Lodger, Asks for a Little Wood (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink and graphite on off-white wove paper

12.4 × 10.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-941988

James McNeill Whistler

Mrs. Tiffanny (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Ink and graphite on paper

9.4 × 6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937570

James McNeill Whistler

Old C'lo (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Pen and iron-gall ink on yellow wove paper

13.3 × 7.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-942460

James McNeill Whistler

Old Woman and Child in Oval (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate), 1854–55

Etching; proof impression of the only state (Glasgow 1); this is a fragment cut from the upper portion of "Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate" (Kennedy no. 1) by Whistler and mounted on a board with six other related fragments. Cited by Glasgow as the earliest known impression.

3.7 × 3.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-439982

James McNeill Whistler

Oriental Figure (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Pen and heavily gummed iron-gall ink and graphite on off-white wove paper

16.2 × 8.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-942758

James McNeill Whistler

Partial Text from Letter (?); Autograph (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink on off-white laid paper

6.5 × 9.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937835

James McNeill Whistler

Pour Boire (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Ink and graphite on off-white wove paper, unevenly clipped

7.5 × 4.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-941698

James McNeill Whistler

Printed Announcement from B. Christ to which is Glued Drawing with Inscription "W.B. Christ bids good morning . . . " (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink on off-white wove paper

10.8 × 7.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937702

James McNeill Whistler

Ross Winans Playing Violin (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper

18.4 × 14.6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-941986

James McNeill Whistler

Sir John Chester (from Dickens' Barnaby Rudge) (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Graphite and brown ink on off-white wove paper

9.5 × 5.6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-941982

James McNeill Whistler

Sir Piercie Shafton Sings (from Sir Walter Scott's "The Monastery") (Recto); Sketch of Female Figure (Verso) (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink and graphite on brown wove paper

14.1 × 15.6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-941983

James McNeill Whistler

Sketch of Gladiator's Head (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink on off-white wove paper

7.5 × 17.1 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937836

James McNeill Whistler

Sketches of Wheels, Drums (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink on off-white wove paper

13.2 × 17.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937833

James McNeill Whistler

Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate, 1854–55

Etching, printed in black ink; only state (Glasgow)

14.6 × 25.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-453887

James McNeill Whistler

Startled Man Seated on Bench (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Black ink and graphite on buff wove paper

10.2 × 8.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-941812

James McNeill Whistler

Taxes! (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Black ink and graphite on off-white wove paper

13 × 7.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-941813

James McNeill Whistler

Terrible Disaster! Loss of the Arctic! (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink on brown wove paper

12.7 × 8.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-937694

James McNeill Whistler

The Margrave, the Prince[ss] and the Hermit (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown and black ink and pink gouache on dark off-white-tan wove paper

8.3 × 9.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-942129

James McNeill Whistler

Two Female Heads and Standing Figure (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate), 1854–55

Etching; proof impression of the only state (Glasgow 1); this is an irregular fragment cut from the upper portion of "Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate" (Kennedy no. 1) by Whistler and mounted on a board with six other related fragments. Cited by Glasgow as the earliest known impression.

3.5 × 4.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-439986

James McNeill Whistler

Two Female Heads and Standing Figure (from Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate), 1854–55

Etching; proof impression of the only state (Glasgow 1); this is a fragment cut from the upper portion of "Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate" (Kennedy no. 1) by Whistler and mounted on a board with six other related fragments. Cited by Glasgow as the earliest known impression.

3.4 × 4.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-439983

James McNeill Whistler

Two Men Drinking (Recto) (from Sketchbook), 1854–55

Brown ink on off-white laid paper

6.5 × 9.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-938128