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Van den Branden, 48; Wauters, R. v. d. W. (Brussels, 1856); do., Peinture flamande (Paris, 1885), 56; W. & W., ii. 29; Zeitschr. f. b. K., iii. 230; xvii. 293, 323.
WEYMOUTH BAY, John Constable,
Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 2 ft. 11 in. × 3 ft.
8 in. The bay on the approach of a storm.
Painted in 1827. Engraved by D. Lucas;
presented by John W. Wilson in 1873.—Cat.
Louvre.
WHARTON, PHILIP F., born in Philadelphia
in 1841, died at Media, July 27,
1879. Genre painter, pupil of the Pennsylvania
Academy; studied in Dresden, and in
the Atelier Suisse in Paris. Professional
life spent in Philadelphia. Works: Perdita
at the Sheep-Shearing Festival ("Winter's
Tale," 1876); Waiting for the Parade (1878),
etc.—Am. Art. Rev. (1880), 503.
WHISTLER, JAMES ABBOTT
McNEILL, born
in Lowell, Mass.,
in 1834. Figure
and portrait painter,
educated at
West Point; pupil
for two years of
Gleyre in Paris;
settled in 1863 in
London. Is as well
known by his etchings
as by his works in oils. Medal, Paris,
3d class, 1883. Elected in 1886 president
of the Society of British Artists. Works:
The White Girl (1862), Thomas D. Whistler,
Baltimore; Coast of Brittany, Ross Whistler,
ib.; Last of Old Westminster, Westminster
Bridge (1863); Princesse des pays de
la porcelaine (1865); At the Piano (1867);
Portrait of my Mother, do. of Carlyle
(1872); Gold Girl, Nocturne in Blue and
Gold, Nocturne in Blue and Green (1878);
Harmony in Gray and Green (1881); Nocturne
in Blue and Silver, Blue Girl, Entrance
to Southampton Water (1882); Great
Fire Wheel (1883); Harmony in Brown and
Black (1884).—Gaz. des B. Arts (1881),
xxiii. 365; (1882), xxv. 620; (1884), xxix.
484, 534; Scribner's Magazine (1879), xviii
481.
WHITE, EDWIN, born at South Hadley,
Mass., in 1817, died at Saratoga Springs,
N. Y., June 7, 1877. History and genre
painter; studied in Paris, Rome, Florence,
and Düsseldorf in 1850 and in 1869. Elected
member of the National Academy in
1849. He lived in Europe many years, but
returned in 1875 and opened a studio in
New York. Among his important works
are: Pocahontas informing Smith of the
Conspiracy of the Indians (painted for General
Kearney); Washington resigning his
Commission (Annapolis, bought by the
State); Age's Revery, Military Academy,
West Point; Death-Bed of Luther; Milton's
Visit to Galileo; Requiem of De Soto;
Old Age of Milton, Art Union; First Printing
of the Bible; Thoughts of Liberia, Old
Woman Spinning, R. L. Stuart, New York;
Evening Hymn of the Huguenot Refugees.
He bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum,
New York, The Antiquary; to Amherst
College, Leonardo da Vinci and his Pupils;
and to Yale College, the unfinished picture
of the Signing of the Compact on the Mayflower.—Tuckerman,
438.
WHITE, JOHN BLAKE, born in South
Carolina in 1781, died in Charleston, August,
1859. History painter; began the
study of law, but in 1803 went to London
and became the pupil in art of Benjamin
West. Among his works are: Mrs. Motte
presenting the Arrows; General Marion inviting
the British Officer to Dinner; Battle
of Eutaw; Battle of New Orleans. He was
also the author of several dramas.
WHITE GIRL, James McNeill Whistler,
Thomas D. Whistler, Baltimore; canvas, H.
about 6 ft. × 3 ft.; signed, dated 1862. A
tall girl, with dishevelled hair and dressed
wholly in white, standing before a white-lace
curtain on a wolf-skin, the head of which
lies in front, spread on a parti-coloured rug.
Never engraved.
WHITEHORN, JAMES, born at Wallingford,
Vt., in 1803. Portrait painter, pupil