Standing Figure and Seated Figure Playing Cello (from Whistler Album)
Unknown artist
Date: 1854–55
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: 10 9/16 x 7 3/4 in. (26.8 x 19.7 cm)
Culture: American
Themes: Cellos
Gift of Margaret C. Buell, Helen L. King, and Sybil A. Walk, 1970
Date range
1854 – 1855
Largest dimension
19.7 cm
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