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

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M.1281
Rose Pettigrew holding a baby

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46155
Medium: charcoal and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 11 x 7 1/16" (279 x 179 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'o'

Rose Pettigrew holding a baby

Sitter

Rose Pettigrew holding a baby, The Hunterian
Rose Pettigrew holding 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 remembered being taken to visit Rose and could therefore have been 'Baby Pettigrew'.

Comments

The tiny inscription, 'o', appears to have been a mark of approval, written either by the artist or his wife Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896).

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret