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Description: | RH CRE GODWIN, Edward William; (English; 1833-1886) CRE WHISTLER, Beatrix; (English; 1857-1896) This could have been drawn by E. W. Godwin, architect and designer, or Beatrix Whistler, painter and designer. This drawing came into the Hunterian collection as part of the Whistler Estate, together with graphic work by Beatrix Whistler, who was married to Godwin 1875-1886, before she married Whistler.
The cane chair is one of Godwin's designs. A very similar armchair is seen in two works by the painter Sidney Starr (1866 or 1867-1925): an oil portrait 'A Study' (Tate Gallery, London, TO3643) and a pastel 'The Pink Shawl' (also known as 'The Convalescent'), signed and dated 1887 in the Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield. Both of these once belonged to the painter Walter Sickert (1860-1942). A similar chair also appears in a painting by John Lavery, 'Père et Fille' (Musée D'Orsay, Paris) exhibited as 'Portrait Group' at the International Society of Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers, London, 1898, at which both Whistler and Beatrix Whistler exhibited.
Birnie Philip Gift, 1935 - not lendable | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SKETCH : CHAIR : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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