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Description: | RU None CRE WHISTLER, Beatrix; (English; 1857-1896) Beatrix Whistler's later figure studies are small in scale and more Whistlerian in style than her large pastel nudes. She uses similar props (such as scarves and caps) and poses to Whistler's pastels. They are known to have drawn from the same models.
This is a sketch for a half-length etching of Rose Pettigrew reading, GLAHA 50210. The book or newspaper that she is holding in her hands has not been drawn in. Rose Pettigrew (b. 1875) was the youngest of three sisters who were professional models in London. She posed for many artists, including Frederick Leighton, John Singer Sargent, William Holman Hunt and Walter Sickert. She started posing for Whistler about 1885, and between 1889-1892 she was his most significant model. She often posed for Beatrix Whistler at the same time, and became personally important to them. In her 1947 memoirs, Pettigrew writes that she often lunched with the Whistlers, and claims that the childless couple wanted to adopt her (Rose Pettigrew, 'Memoirs', Glasgow University Library, Special Collections, D.S. MacColl Papers, P/64). Pettigrew posed for several of Beatrix Whistler's oils, including 'Peach Blossom' (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.). Her modelling career came to an end with her marriage in 1896.
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: | PORTRAIT : PETTIGREW, ROSE : READING : HAT : BOW : | 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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