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Description: | Unmounted (1) s. in stone with butterfly; c.l.
(2) s. in pencil with butterfly; b.r.
(3) inscr. in pencil; v. "No. 11"
(4) stamp; v. square stamp of Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) PRINT WAY, Thomas Robert; (English; 1861-1913) The sitter for this image is Whistler?s wife, Beatrix, and she is posed reclining on a sofa, a pillow behind her head, in the drawing room of the Whistlers? home at 110 rue du Bac. Whistler sent this image to Thomas Way to be printed and in the accompanying letter he noted the exact date of the drawing, 22nd September, 1894. In the same letter, Whistler specified the title of the work and the type of paper he wished to be used in the printing, as well as some of the visual effects he had tried to achieve; "I rely on their simplicity for their success. I send also more paper - very lovely Dutch and I think just a pretty size - we will call No. 1 "La Robe Rouge" - I rather want to see how the colour is conveyed! - 'you' will think me quite crazy! . . .". This lithograph was printed by Thomas Way. (See also GLAHA 49088-49091/49374-49376/49546/49784-49787). 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 : BEATRICE WHISTLER : 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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