The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Deborah Haden with her baby Annie dates from after the birth of Annie Harriet Haden (1848-1937) on 13 December 1848.

Deborah Haden with her baby Annie, The Hunterian

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 22).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Deborah Haden with her baby Annie, The Hunterian

Whistler's half-sister, Deborah Delano Haden (1825-1908), with Annie Harriet Haden (1848-1937).

Technique

Technique

Deborah Haden with her baby Annie, The Hunterian

It was drawn first with a fine nib, with a lot of curving lines (which emphasize the chubbiness of the baby) and zigzag shading. These lines were then reinforced with a broader nib and darker ink. Very fine diagonal lines shade the woman's face. A few crude dabs of white highlight her cheek and hand, and the bay's legs.

Conservation History

The elliptical frame was first drawn in pencil and pen and then cut out.

History

Provenance

• 1848/1849: given to Anna Matilda Whistler (1804-1881);
• In or before 1881: passed to her younger son, Whistler's brother William McNeill Whistler (1836-1900);
• 1900: bequeathed to his wife, Helen ('Nellie') Euphrosyne Whistler (1849-1917);
• 1908/1917: given to, or inherited by, Whistler's great-nephew, Joseph Whistler Revillon (1886-1955);
• 1955: bequeathed by J. W. Revillon to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

No exhibitions are known.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 22) as 'Deborah Haden with her baby Annie'.

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk/#/details/ecatalogue/40963.
• MUSEUMS.EU website at http://museums.eu.