Group Conversing
Classification
Drawing
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1898.178
Tags
American ArtCharles Lang Freer collectionUnited Statesmanwoman
About this artwork
Although Whistler provides few clues to the location of this drawing, it corresponds almost exactly in size with Brasserie à Mayence (F1898.167.) The general treatment of the subject is consistent with other drawings of 1858, and perhaps Whistler here depicts a group from Mayence, Baden Baden, or one of the other towns he visited on his Rhineland trip.