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Description: | Unmounted (1) s. in stone with butterfly; c.r.
(2) stamp; v. square stamp of Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WAY, Thomas Robert; (English; 1861-1913) This lithograph is a portrait of Elizabeth Robins Pennell, a writer by profession and the wife of Whistler?s friend, Joseph Pennell. Whistler drew this portrait of Elizabeth Pennell in January of 1896 at the Pennell?s flat on Buckingham Street, London. In their 1908 biography of the artist, the Pennells recalled how Whistler had drawn their portraits during afternoon visits to their home, and commented, "He worked on into the darkness, especially in the portrait of E., done while the firelight flickered on her face and on his paper." No posthumous edition of this lithograph was pulled, as due to her personal animosity towards the Pennels, Rosalind Birnie Philip ordered the stone destroyed after Whistler?s death in 1903. This lithograph was printed by Thomas Way in 1896. (See also GLAHA 49128/49129/49448-49450/49526).
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 : ELIZABETH ROBBINS PENNELL : 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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