The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

The Major's Daughter dates from 1862; it was engraved by the Dalziel Brothers and published in Once a Week in that year. The original drawing has not been located.

Joseph Swain after Whistler, The Major's Daughter, Once a Week, 1862

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 302).

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Subject

Sitter

Joseph Swain after Whistler, The Major's Daughter, Once a Week, 1862

Joanna Hiffernan (b. ca 1843-d.1886).

Technique

Technique

The drawing is only known from the wood engraving.

History

Provenance

• 1862: the drawing was engraved by the Dalziel Brothers and published in Once a Week, London, 21 June.

There is no further record of it.

Exhibitions

The drawing was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 302) as 'The Major's Daughter'.

Journals 1855-1905

• 'A. M. H.', 'The Major's Daughter', Once a Week, vol. 6, 21 June 1862, pp. 710-14, wood engraving repr. p. 712.

Books on Whistler

• MacDonald, Margaret F., 'Joanna Hiffernan and James Whistler: an Artistic Partnership' in Margaret F. MacDonald (ed.), The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and Washington, 2020, pp. 15-31.
• de Montfort, Patricia, ' “A Great Sensation”: Women in White in Late Victorian Literature and Popular Culture' in Margaret F. MacDonald (ed.), The Woman in White: Joanna Hiffernan and James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and Washington, 2020, pp. 147-156.