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

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Rose Pettigrew embraced by a baby

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46154
Medium: charcoal and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 11 x 7 1/8" (279 x 181 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Rose Pettigrew embraced by a baby

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Rose Pettigrew embraced by a baby, The Hunterian
Rose Pettigrew embraced by a baby, The Hunterian
Rose Pettigrew, photograph
Rose Pettigrew, photograph

Rose Amy Pettigrew (b. 1872) , probably with her niece. The sisters' older brother Alfred and his wife Jane had a little girl, Harriet Lilian, in 1885. Another baby, Ethel Jenny, was born in 1893. She remembers being taken to visit Rose and could therefore have been 'Baby Pettigrew'.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret