Photo of collection object Terrible Disaster! Loss of the Arctic! (from Sketchbook) — Whistler, James McNeill. Terrible Disaster! Loss of the Arctic! (from Sketchbook), 1854–55. Brown ink on brown wove paper, 5 x 3 1/4 in. (12.7 x 8.3 cm). Gift of Margaret C. Buell, Helen L. King, and Sybil A. Walk, 1970, (Photo: The Met)

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Terrible Disaster! Loss of the Arctic! (from Sketchbook)

1854–55

James McNeill Whistler

American, Lowell, Massachusetts 1834–1903 London

The American Wing

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Maker/Artist: Whistler, James McNeill
Formatted Medium: Brown ink on brown wove paper
Medium: brown, ink, wove, paper
Dimensions: 5 x 3 1/4 in. (12.7 x 8.3 cm)
Departments: The American Wing
Credit Line: Gift of Margaret C. Buell, Helen L. King, and Sybil A. Walk, 1970

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