The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Rose Pettigrew holding a baby dates from about 1890.

Rose Pettigrew holding a baby, The Hunterian

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1281).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Rose Pettigrew holding a baby, The Hunterian

Rose Pettigrew, photograph

Rose Amy Pettigrew (1872-1958), probably with her niece. The sisters' older brother Alfred and his wife Jane had a little girl, Harriet Lilian, in 1885. Another baby, Ethel Jenny, was born in 1893: she remembered being taken to visit Rose and could therefore have been 'Baby Pettigrew'.

Comments

The tiny inscription, 'o', appears to have been a mark of approval, written either by the artist or his wife Beatrice Philip (Mrs E. W. Godwin, Mrs J. McN. Whistler) (1857-1896).

Technique

Technique

Rose Pettigrew holding a baby, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1281).

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

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. 1281) as 'Rose Pettigrew holding a baby'.

Websites

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