The Whirlwind

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This is a drawing of an interior scene with figures in a passageway. The drawing depicts a dimly lit interior scene where several figures are distributed throughout a passageway. The scene features a colonnaded structure with visible beams on the ceiling and a tiled floor. The main figures stand in the foreground and mid-ground, each engaged in their actions or posed in conversation. The sketch is executed in soft, subtle pencil strokes, focusing more on the play of light and shadow than detailed textures.
James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Robert Way, The Whirlwind, The Tyresmith, 1890, lithograph in black on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Bud and Fran Moreland Johns), 2015.19.3494

The Tyresmith

James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Robert Way, The Whirlwind · 1890 · lithograph in black on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3494