Perhaps the genesis of this drawing was Whislter's daily trip to the post office in Cologne to see whether funds had been forwarded to ease his financial straits. Whistler and Delannoy stayed in Cologne for ten days, hoping to receive aid. "Every day they would go to the post office for letters, every day the officials would say 'nichts! nichts!' until they got to be known in the town." Herr Schmi
- By James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Credit: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Rights: CC0
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