The Life of James McNeill Whistler

Name: The Life of James McNeill Whistler
Author: Pennell, Elizabeth Robins

Pennell, Elizabeth Robins

Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903

STREET AT SAVERNE (_Etching. G. 19_)                                20
    From the "French Set"

  LA MÈRE GÉRARD (_Oil_)                                              24
    In the possession of William Heinemann

  HEAD OF AN OLD MAN SMOKING (_Oil_)                                  24
    In the Musée du Luxembourg

  PORTRAIT OF WHISTLER (_Etching. G. 54_)                             40

  SKETCHES OF THE JOURNEY TO ALSACE (_Pen Drawings_)                  40

  PORTRAIT OF WHISTLER IN THE BIG HAT (_Oil_)                         44
    In the Charles L. Freer Collection, National Gallery of
    American Art

  DROUET (_Etching. G. 55_)                                           44

  AT THE PIANO (_Oil_)                                                52
    In the possession of Edmund Davis, Esq.

  WAPPING (_Oil_)                                                     52
    In the possession of Mrs. Hutton

  THE THAMES IN ICE, THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF DECEMBER 1860 (_Oil_)        60
    In the Charles L. Freer Collection, National Gallery of
    American Art

  ROTHERHITHE (_Etching. G. 66_)                                      60
    From the "Sixteen Etchings"

  THE MUSIC ROOM--HARMONY IN GREEN AND ROSE (_Oil_)                   68
    In the possession of Colonel F. Hecker

  ANNIE HADEN (_Dry-Point. G. 62_)                                    68

  THE WHITE GIRL--SYMPHONY IN WHITE, NO. I. (_Oil_)                   76
    In the possession of J. H. Whittemore, Esq.

  JO (_Dry-Point. G. 77_)                                             76

  THE BLUE WAVE (_Oil_)                                               84
    In the possession of A. A. Pope, Esq.

  THE FORGE (_Dry-Point. G. 68_)                                      84
    From the "Sixteen Etchings"

  THE MORNING BEFORE THE MASSACRE OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW                  92
    (_Wood-Engraving from "Once a Week," vol vii. p. 210_)

  THE LAST OF OLD WESTMINSTER (_Oil_)                                 92
    In the possession of A. A. Pope, Esq.

  PORTRAIT OF WHISTLER (_By Himself_) (_Chalk Drawing_)              104
    Formerly in the possession of Thomas Way, Esq.

  WEARY (_Dry-Point. G. 92_)                                         104
    STUDY IN CHALK FOR THE SAME
    Formerly in the possession of B. B. MacGeorge, Esq.

  THE LANGE LEIZEN OF THE SIX MARKS--PURPLE AND ROSE (_Oil_)         108
    In the J. G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia

  THE BALCONY--HARMONY IN FLESH-COLOUR AND GREEN (_Oil_)             108
    In the Charles L. Freer Collection, National Gallery of
    American Art

  LA PRINCESSE DU PAYS DE LA PORCELAINE--ROSE AND SILVER (_Oil_)     112
    In the Charles L. Freer Collection, National Gallery of
    American Art

  VARIATIONS IN VIOLET AND GREEN (_Oil_)                             112
    In the possession of Sir Charles McLaren, Bart.

  THE LITTLE WHITE GIRL--SYMPHONY IN WHITE, NO. II. (_Oil_)          124
    In the National Gallery, London

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The Life of James McNeill Whistler

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