DrawingsAmerican19th century

Behind the Arsenal

1880

Artists

James Abbott McNeill WhistlerArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Pastel on brown wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

26 x 17.8 cm (10 1/4 x 7 in.)

Provenance

J. P. Heseltine, before 1886; Alphonse Kann; his sale to Grenville L. Winthrop through Martin Birnbaum, December 1, 1927; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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