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Description: | RH s. with clover leaf monogram in plate c.l. CRE WHISTLER, Beatrix; (English; 1857-1896) In August 1888, Beatrix and Whistler married. Their honeymoon tour that autumn took them through the Loire area of France. Whistler used the 34 grounded copper plates he had taken with him to capture views and buildings that appealed, Beatrix working alongside. The couple visited a number of chteaux as well as travelling through the picturesque towns of Touraine. This view of the town of Loches was drawn from the gardens of the chteau where Charles VII beautiful mistress lived and died. A related etching of the same subject by Whistler, 'From Agnes Sorel's Walk', is also included in the Hunterian collection (GLAHA 46639). This is state 2 and is signed with Beatrix Whistler's clover leaf monogram.
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: | BUILDING : FRANCE : FEMALE ARTIST : LANDSCAPE : RIVERSCAPE : CHATEAU : | 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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