The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

The Conversation dates from 1890/1894.

The Conversation, The Hunterian

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1289).

Images

Subject

Sitter

The Conversation, The Hunterian

Probably two of the Pettigrew sisters, Harriet ('Hettie') Pettigrew (1869-1953), Lilian Pettigrew (b. 1870), or Rose Amy Pettigrew (1872-1958).

Technique

Technique

The Conversation, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1289).

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 Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

• 1905: Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 150) as 'The Conversation'.

By the terms of Miss Birnie Philip's Gift, this work cannot be lent to another venue.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1289) as 'The Conversation'.

Catalogues 1855-1905

• Œuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 150) as 'The Conversation'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Aquarellen, Pastels, Teekingen, Etsen, Lithographien en een Schilderij door James McNeill Whistler, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1906 (cat. no. 24) as 'The Conversation'.

Websites

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