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Description: | Gilded reeded, 59.2 x 39.4 x 3.6 None CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) This is believed to be a portrait study for "Red and Black: The Fan" (YMSM 388) also in the Hunterian collection (See GLAHA 46386). The sitter was Ethel Birnie Philip (1861-1920), the artist's sister-in-law who also acted as his secretary and model during the early 1890s. In 1895 she married the journalist and critic, Charles Whibley, in Whistler's garden in Paris. There are also several other related works within the Hunterian collection. (See also GLAHA 46316/ 46318/ 46319/ 46362/ 46387).
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: | ETHEL PHILIP : PORTRAIT : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | 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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