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

 

M.1062
Mother and child

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1885/1886
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46103
Medium: pencil
Support: off-white paper laid down on card
Size: 6 1/8 x 3 7/8" (155 x 97 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: v.: 'Whistler' by the artist; 'Mother and Child', probably by Beatrice Whistler

Mother and child

Sitter

Mother and child, The Hunterian
Mother and child, The Hunterian

Not identified. Possibly Rose Amy Pettigrew (b. 1872) and her niece.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret