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- Accession Number
- 1954/1.411
- Title
- Trixie (Mrs. Beatrice Whistler)
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834 - 1903
- Object Creation Date
- 1892-1894
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- On the plate, left center: Butterfly monogram Signed, in pencil, on tab: Butterfly monogram and imp. In pencil, verso, in Whistler's hand: 2nd Proof / Butterfly monogram
- Dimensions
- 8.6 cm x 5.2 cm (3 3/8 in. x 2 1/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
-
Print
- Physical Description
- A seated woman in late 19th c. dress is shown against an undescribed dark background; she looks directly at the viewer and rests her chin on her right hand. At the lower left is a flower-like form that is the artist's "butterfly" signature.
- Subject Matter
- Thought originally to portray one of Whistler's sisters-in-law (Ethel Whibley), recent scholarship suggests that this may portray his wife, Beatrix, probably fairly early in their marriage (they were married in 1888).
- Primary Keywords
- figures
- figures (representations)
- half figures
- half-length
- seated
- sitting
- woman
- women
