Design cover for West Point Song of the Graduates

Transfer lithograph in black on off-white wove paper, 1852

About this work

Design cover for West Point Song of the Graduates (1852) by James McNeill Whistler. Transfer lithograph in black on off-white wove paper.

James McNeill Whistler

American-born painter of tonal harmonies

James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American artist active during the Gilded Age. He was averse to sentimentality in painting and was a leading proponent of the credo 'art for art's sake'.