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

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Portrait of Major G. W. Whistler (1)

Portrait of Major G. W. Whistler (1) dates from 1859. 1

In a letter from Paris in 1859 to his half-sister, Deborah Delano Haden (1825-1908), Whistler wrote, 'I am trying to make a portrait of Father for George from a lithograph he sent me - this is very difficult, but with the aid of a glass and a friend who has promised to sit for me, and who is like Father in color, I hope to succeed.' 2 'George' was Whistler's elder half-brother, George William Whistler (1822-1869).

Notes:

1: YMSM 1980 [more] (cat. no. 28).

2: [12/30 January 1859], GUW #01913.

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