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Description: | Royal s. in stone with butterfly; c.r. CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT CLOT, Auguste; (French; 19th-20th century) "Afternoon Tea" is a double portrait of Whistler?s mother-in-law, Frances Birnie Philip, and her daughter Ethel Whibley. The portrait can be dated to 1897 as Mrs Frances Birnie Philip wears the mourning clothes she adopted following the death of her daughter, Beatrix. During this period Whistler made frequent trips to Paris, where he stayed with his late wife?s family on the rue du Bac. This lithograph was printed by the French printer Auguste Clot, who had at one time been employed by the Lemercier firm who had previously printed a number of Whistler?s works in lithography. It is likely that the printer destroyed the stone, therefore no posthumous edition was pulled. (See also GLAHA 46244/49191).
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 : MRS JOHN BIRNIE PHILIP : ETHEL BIRNIE PHILIP : ETHEL WHIBLEY : WINGED HAT : AMBROISE VOLLARD : 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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