Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Julia de Kay Whistler

Title: Mrs George William Whistler
Birthname: Julia de Kay Winans
Nationality: American
Date of birth: 1825.10.24
Place of birth: Baltimore, MD
Date of death: 1875.09.25
Category: relative

Identity:

She was the daughter of Ross Winans and Julia De kay. She married George William Whistler and had five children: Julia de Kay b. 1855); Thomas Delano (b. 1857); Ross Winans (b. 1858); Neva (1860-1907); Joseph Swift (1865-1905).

Life:

She lived for long periods of time in Russia and Germany. In 1872, three years after the death of her husband, she returned to Baltimore, MD. Her brother, Thomas De Kay Winans, there presented her with a new house. She inherited a number of Whistler paintings including Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music Room y034, The Coast of Brittany y037, and Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl y038.

Bibliography:

Luckett, Margie H., Maryland Women, Baltimore, 1931, pp. 431-32.