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Description: | RU CRE WHISTLER, Beatrix; (English; 1857-1896) The cartoonist Phil May (1864-1903) was a friend of Beatrix Whistler's from the time of her marriage to her first husband, E. W. Godwin (1833-1886), architect and designer. May could have influenced Beatrix's interest in caricatures. There are other caricature sketches by Beatrix Whistler in the margins of letters in the Whistler Correspondence, of Toulouse-Lautrec (GUW 06829), a tall woman and short man (GUW 00557), and a man in a cap (GUW 04312)
The Godwins' circle also included Oscar Wilde (1856-1900), dramatist and wit. The crowded drawing room, with Aesthetic details such as the Japanese fans and door curtains, may be related to plans for Wilde's house at 16 Tite Street, which Godwin helped him decorate in 1884-5. The woman is probably his wife, Constance Wilde (1858-1898). There is another caricature of Wilde (GLAHA 54810).
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: | PORTRAIT : WILDE, OSCAR : STREETSCAPE : FANS : PAINTINGS : CURTAINS : FURNITURE : CIGARETTE : CARICATURE : WOMAN : TOP HAT : CANE : BOOK : GODWIN, E. W. : | 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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