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

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M.1704
The Artist's mother-in-law, Mrs Birnie Philip

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1901/1902
Collection: Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Accession Number: 58.737
Medium: pen, black ink and wash
Support: off-white wove paper
Size: 131 x 91 mm (5 3/16 x 3 9/16")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Mrs. Philip/ (Mrs.Whistler's mother)/ at Bath./ by Whistler./ (ex collection of Miss R. Birnie Philip)/ the Artist's Executrix/ & sister-in-law' written by Harold Wright

The Artist's mother-in-law, Mrs Birnie Philip

Provenance

  • 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
  • 1957: sold to Colnaghi's, London art dealers, 22 October 1957;
  • 1958: bought on 18 September with the Helen and Alice Colburn Fund for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

Exhibitions

It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Last updated: 8th June 2021 by Margaret