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

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M.1279
Mother and child

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1894
Collection: The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Accession Number: GLAHA 46153
Medium: charcoal and pastel
Support: brown wove paper laid down on card
Size: 11 1/4 x 7-7 1/16" (278 x 178-180 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none
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Mother and child

Sitter

Mother and child
Mother and child

Probably Rose Amy Pettigrew (1872-1958), with her niece.

However, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) suggested that it was Eva Victoria Carrington (1887-1979), who is said to have posed with a baby later in the decade.

Last updated: 8th December 2020 by Margaret