Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library
The mast
Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 · [1879–1880]
Erected in a wide street, with high buildings on either side, is a tall mast with halyards looped to a building at the left. In the foreground, women and girls are seated in a group, sewing. A boy stands near them. At the right a man is walking away, and a boy stands at the foot of the mast. There are numerous figures in the distance.
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