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Description: | RU None CRE WHISTLER, Beatrix; (English; 1857-1896) In 1891/2, W. E. Henley (1849-1903), writer, poet and editor of the 'National Observer', asked Beatrix Whistler to prepare illustrations of fish. It is not yet known whether they were published, or what they were intended to illustrate. William Heinemann (1863-1920), Whistler's publisher, was also sent proofs of the fish, and it could be that he was going to publish these illustrations with related text for Henley. In a letter to Henley, Whistler described his wife's etchings as 'the most lovely things - a couple of little masterpieces ... dainty as few things are - and as to execution - brilliant beyond all you could ever have expected - perfect little bijous!' (Whistler Correspondence, Whistler to W. E. Henley, [17 April 1891], GUL Copies H039; GUW 10582 (2004-12-09)).
It is possible that three of the etchings of fish were those shown after the artist's death at the Exhibition of International Art, International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, Knightsbridge, London, May 1898.
Birnie Philip Bequest, 1958 | 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: | FISH : FEMALE ARTIST : | 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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