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Description: | Ru Sd in monogram in cartouche t.: "BP" ; inscr. in cartouche l.: "A HAPPY / NEW YEA/R" CRE WHISTLER, Beatrix; (English; 1857-1896) There are 30 studies of birds in the Hunterian collection, ranging from pencil sketches to finished oil paintings. Beatrix Whistler kept pet birds and designed bird cages for them (see GLAHA 46575-46579). In 1895, the collector Charles L. Freer sent Beatrix Whistler a songbird from India, which she loved. It joined a white parrot and mocking bird at the Whistlers' home in Paris, 110 rue du Bac. They and Beatrix are depicted in the drawing 'Beatrice Whistler looking at her birds' (M1398, GLAHA 46196).
Beatrix Whistler would work up drawings with sketchy strokes into finished designs, with expressive, flowing lines, for furniture panels or tiles.
As an independent designer, Beatrix Whistler specialised in colourful sprays of flowers, berries and birds. From 1877 onwards, Beatrix Whistler sold panels to various furniture makers, like William Watt & Co., who also bought designs by her first husband E. W. Godwin (1833-1886), architect and designer. They would be incorporated into furniture, like the panels on the Aesthetic Style Cabinet, GLAHA 40897.
This is a design for a New Year's card, and is very like other decorative panels depicting birds designed by Beatrix Whistler (GLAHA 46429). It is signed with the initials of her maiden name, Birnie Philip in a Japanese-style cartouche at the top. The writing down the left side is also in Japanese style.
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: | BIRD : NEW YEAR : FRUIT : BLOSSOM : FINCH : | 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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