The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

Two Pettigrew sisters asleep with a baby dates from 1890/1895.

Two Pettigrew sisters asleep with a baby, The Hunterian

It is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1299).

Images

Subject

Sitter

Two Pettigrew sisters asleep with a baby, The Hunterian

Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) described the sitters as 'Girls and baby on couch (?Pettigrew children)' (list for Probate, Hunterian). They are probably Rose Amy Pettigrew (1872-1958) with Harriet ('Hettie') Pettigrew (1869-1953) or Lilian Pettigrew (b. 1870), and their niece.

Technique

Technique

Two Pettigrew sisters asleep with a baby, The Hunterian

See MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1299).

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death and bequeathed to his sister-in-law, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958);
• 1958: bequeathed by Miss Birnie Philip to the University of Glasgow.

Exhibitions

It was not, as far as is known, exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1299) as 'Two Pettigrew sisters asleep with a baby'.

Websites

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