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Description: | Inscr in pencil by [Harold Wright]; u.r.: "May 11th. 1881" (underlined). Verso u.c. stamped with a crest of a stag's head in a shield; inscr. in ink by Mr Stanley: "Mr Stanley presents / is compliments to Mr Godwin / & begs to thank him for the / £10 which he has returned / to him - he much regrets / that he has caused him inconvenience by his [mediation?] / 59 Strand WC. / 11 May 1881". 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).
This silhouette drawing is of a man wearing a bowler hat, an overcoat and holding a cane. It has been inscribed with the date 11th May 1881, from the letter on the back, which is from a Mr Stanley to E. W. Godwin, returning the £10 that he had loaned to him. E. W. Godwin (1833-1886), architect and designer, was Beatrix Whistler's first husband, and this could have been drawn during the time of their marriage, 1876-1886. The dark wash and simple form in this drawing are rather like Beatrix Whistler's 'Four studies of clover' (GLAHA 46485).
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 | 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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