Illuminated initial letters with scenes from the life of St Jerome railway depot James Abbott McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

'Just looking out for somthing [sic] to stay my stomach till dinner time'

with the House of Detention in the distance

has found himself doing most of the work on the parliamentary ship

is posed before a carved wooden table

Illuminated initial letters with scenes from the life of St Jerome railway depot James Abbott McNeill WhistlerIlluminated initial letters with scenes from the life of St Jerome, late 14th century. From the Great Bible (St Jerome version), produced in England. Illustration from School of Illumination, Reproductions from Manuscripts in the British Museum, Part VI, English 1350 1500, (British Museum, Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1922).