The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

M.1297
Mother and child reclining on a couch

Mother and child reclining on a couch

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1890/1896
Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Accession Number: P.7-1943
Medium: watercolour
Support: buff japan paper laid down on card
Size: 7 1/8 x 10 9/16" (181 x 268 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: none

Date

Mother and child reclining on a couch dates from 1890/1896.

Mother and child reclining on a couch, Victoria and Albert Museum
Mother and child reclining on a couch, Victoria and Albert Museum

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1297).

Images

Mother and child reclining on a couch, Victoria and Albert Museum
Mother and child reclining on a couch, Victoria and Albert Museum

Subject

Sitter

Mother and child reclining on a couch, Victoria and Albert Museum
Mother and child reclining on a couch, Victoria and Albert Museum

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

Technique

Technique

Mother and child reclining on a couch, Victoria and Albert Museum
Mother and child reclining on a couch, Victoria and Albert Museum

See discussion in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1297).

History

Provenance

Exhibitions

There is no record of an exhibition in Whistler's lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

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