Art Institute of Chicago
Figures by a Railing
James McNeill Whistler
- Date
- 1870/73
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink on blue laid paper (discolored)
- Culture
- United States
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
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