The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Mother and child dates from 1885/1886.

Mother and child, The Hunterian

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1062).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Mother and child, The Hunterian

Not identified. Possibly Rose Amy Pettigrew (1872-1958) and her niece.

Technique

Technique

Mother and child, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1062).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1935: given by Miss Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

• 1886: probably 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 69) as 'Mother and child'.
• 1905: probably Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 175) 'Croquis.'

In 1905 it was described as 'described as 'Jeune femme accoudée tenant un enfant sur ses genoux.'

By the terms of Miss Philip's Gift, this work cannot be exhibited elsewhere.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1062) as 'Mother and child'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Probably 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886 (cat. no. 69) as 'Mother and child'.
• Probably Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 175) 'Croquis.'

Websites

• The Hunterian website at http://collections.gla.ac.uk.