Trixie (Mrs. Beatrice Whistler) / James McNeill Whistler
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1954/1.411
- Title
- Trixie (Mrs. Beatrice Whistler)
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1834-1903
- Medium and Support
- drypoint, printed in dark brown ink on laid paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1892-1894
- Object Creation Place
- North and Central America (continent)
- United States (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- North and Central America (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- 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
- 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
- Secondary Keywords
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people and occupations
- people by gender
- physical activities
- physical activities by general context
- portraits
- visual works
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 775 x 1327
- File Size
- 139 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.411
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.411/1954_1.411.jpg
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"Trixie (Mrs. Beatrice Whistler); James McNeill Whistler." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.411/1954_1.411.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
