CHAPTER XLVII. THE END.

THE YEARS NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWO AND NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE 423

_Return to No. 74 Cheyne Walk--Illness--Gradual Decline--Work-- Portraits--Prints--Exhibition of Silver--Degree of LL.D. from Glasgow University--St. Louis Exposition--Worries--Last Weeks-- Death--Funeral--Grave_

APPENDIX 437

INDEX 439

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_G., after an etching, refers to the Grolier Club Catalogue of Whistler's Etchings, 1910_

_W., after a lithograph, refers to Mr. T. R. Way's Catalogue of Whistler's Lithographs, 1905_

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PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST (_By Himself_) (_Oil_) _Frontispiece_ In the George McCulloch Collection

PORTRAIT OF WHISTLER AS A BOY (_By Sir William Boxall_) (_Oil_) 12 In the Charles L. Freer Collection, National Gallery of American Art

THE TWO BROTHERS (_Miniature_) 12 Lent by Miss Emma Palmer; formerly in the possession of Mrs. George D. Stanton and Miss Emma W. Palmer

BIBI LALOUETTE (_Etching. G. 51_) 20

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

PORTRAIT OF DR. WHISTLER (_Oil_) 124 In the possession of Burton Mansfield, Esq.

VALPARAISO BAY--NOCTURNE: BLUE AND GOLD (_Oil_) 132 In the Charles L. Freer Collection, National Gallery of American Art

SYMPHONY IN WHITE, NO. III. (_Oil_) 132 In the possession of Edmund Davis, Esq.

WHISTLER'S TABLE PALETTE (_Photograph_) 144 In the possession of Mrs. Newmarch

SEA BEACH WITH FIGURES (_Study for the Six Projects_) (_Pastel_) 144

THE THREE FIGURES--PINK AND GREY (_Oil_) 144 In the possession of Alfred Chapman, Esq.

NOCTURNE--BLUE AND GREEN (_Oil_) 148 In the National Gallery, London

NOCTURNE--BLUE AND SILVER (_Oil_) 148 In the possession of the Executors of Mrs. F. R. Leyland

THE MOTHER--ARRANGEMENT IN GREY AND BLACK (_Oil_) 160 In the Musée du Luxembourg

PORTRAIT OF THOMAS CARLYLE--ARRANGEMENT IN GREY AND BLACK, NO II. (_Oil_) 160 In the Corporation Art Gallery, Glasgow

PORTRAIT OF CICELY HENRIETTA, MISS ALEXANDER--HARMONY IN GREY AND GREEN (_Oil_) 164 In the National Gallery, London

PORTRAIT OF F. R. LEYLAND--ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK (_Oil_) 164 In the Charles L. Freer Collection, National Gallery of American Art

PORTRAIT OF MRS. F. R. LEYLAND--SYMPHONY IN FLESH-COLOUR AND PINK (_Oil_) 172 In the possession of H. C. Finck, Esq.

PORTRAIT OF MISS LEYLAND (_Pastel_) 172 In the possession of the Executors of Mrs. F. R. Leyland

PORTRAIT OF MRS. LOUIS HUTH--ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK, NO. II. (_Oil_) 180 In the possession of the Executors of the Family

FANNY LEYLAND (_Study for the Etching. G. 108_) (_Pencil Sketch_) 180 Formerly in the possession of J. H. Wrenn, Esq.

WHISTLER IN HIS STUDIO (_Oil_) 196 In the Chicago Art Institute

MAUD STANDING (_Etching. G. 114_) 196

PORTRAIT OF SIR HENRY IRVING AS PHILIP II. OF SPAIN--ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK, NO. III. (_Oil_) 200 In the Metropolitan Museum, New York

PORTRAIT OF SIR HENRY COLE (_Oil_) (_Destroyed_) 200 From a photograph lent by Pickford R. Waller, Esq.

PORTRAIT OF MISS ROSA CORDER--ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK AND BROWN 208 (_Oil_) In the possession of H. C. Finck, Esq.

THE PEACOCK ROOM (_Photograph_) 208 In the Charles L. Freer Collection, National Gallery of American Art

DRAWING IN WASH FOR "A CATALOGUE OF BLUE AND WHITE NANKIN PORCELAIN, FORMING THE COLLECTION OF SIR HENRY THOMPSON." LONDON: ELLIS AND WHITE. 1878 216 In the possession of Pickford R. Waller, Esq.

STUDY (_Lithotint. W. 2_) 216 From a print lent by T. R. Way, Esq.

TALL BRIDGE (_Lithograph. W. 9_) 224 From a print lent by T. R. Way, Esq.

NOCTURNE (_Lithotint. W. 5_) 224 From "Notes" published by Goupil From a print lent by T. R. Way, Esq.

OLD BATTERSEA BRIDGE--NOCTURNE IN BLUE AND GOLD (_Oil_) 232 In the National Gallery of British Art, Tate Gallery

THE FALLING ROCKET--NOCTURNE IN BLACK AND GOLD (_Oil_) 232 In the possession of Mrs. S. Untermeyer

THE BRIDGE (_Etching. G. 204_) 244 From the "Second Venice Set" By the permission of Messrs. Dowdeswell

THE DOORWAY (_Etching. G. 188_) 244 From the "First Venice Set" By the permission of the Fine Art Society

THE BEGGARS (_Etching. G. 194_) 252 From the "First Venice Set" By permission of the Fine Art Society

THE RIALTO (_Etching. G. 211_) 252 From the "Second Venice Set" By the permission of Messrs. Dowdeswell

PORTRAITS OF MAUD (_Oil_) (_Destroyed_) 258 From photographs lent by Pickford R. Waller, Esq.

JUBILEE MEMORIAL FROM THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS TO QUEEN VICTORIA, 1887 (_Illumination_) 258 In the Royal Collection at Windsor

PORTRAIT OF LADY MEUX--HARMONY IN PINK AND GREY (_Oil_) 268 In the possession of H. C. Finck, Esq.

THE SALUTE, VENICE (_Water-Colour_) 268 In the possession of B. B. MacGeorge, Esq.

THE YELLOW BUSKIN--ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK (_Oil_) 276 In the Wilstach Collection, Memorial Hall, Philadelphia

PORTRAIT OF M. THÉODORE DURET--ARRANGEMENT IN FLESH-COLOUR AND PINK (_Oil_) 276 In the Metropolitan Museum, New York

PORTRAIT OF PABLO SARASATE--ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK (_Oil_) 304 In the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh

PORTRAIT OF LADY COLIN CAMPBELL--HARMONY IN WHITE AND IVORY (_Oil_) (_Destroyed_) 304 From a photograph lent by Pickford R. Waller, Esq.

ANNABEL LEE (_Pastel_) 312 In the Charles L. Freer Collection, National Gallery of American Art

THE CONVALESCENT (_Water-Colour_) 312 In the possession of Dr. J. W. MacIntyre

PORTRAIT OF MISS KINSELLA--THE IRIS, ROSE AND GREEN (_Oil_) 328 In the possession of Miss Kinsella

WHISTLER AT HIS PRINTING PRESS IN THE STUDIO, RUE NOTRE-DAME-DES-CHAMPS, PARIS 328 From a photograph by M. Dornac

ILLUSTRATION TO LITTLE JOHANNES 336

PORTRAIT OF A LADY (_Drawings on Wood_) In the Pennell Collection, Library of Congress, Washington

WATER-COLOUR LANDSCAPE 336 Loaned by Mrs. Mortimer Menpes

THE MASTER SMITH OF LYME REGIS (_Oil_) 340 In the Boston Museum of Fine Arts

THE SMITH, PASSAGE DU DRAGON (_Lithograph. W. 73_) 340

PORTRAIT OF MRS. A. J. CASSATT 344

THE BEACH (_Water-Colour_) 344 In the possession of Mrs. Knowles

SHOP WINDOW AT DIEPPE (_Water-Colour_) 344

THE THAMES (_Lithotint. W. 125_) 348

FIRELIGHT--JOSEPH PENNELL, NO. I. (_Lithograph. W. 104_) 348 From "Lithography and Lithographers" By the permission of T. Fisher Unwin, Esq.

STUDY IN BROWN (_Oil_) 356 In the possession of the Baroness de Meyer

STUDY OF THE NUDE (_Pen Drawing_) 356 In the possession of William Heinemann, Esq.

THE LITTLE BLUE BONNET--BLUE AND CORAL (_Oil_) Formerly in the possession of Wm. Heinemann, Esq. 360

ROSE AND GOLD--LITTLE LADY SOPHIE OF SOHO (_Oil_) 360 In the Charles L. Freer Collection, National Gallery of American Art

MODEL WITH FLOWERS (_Pastel_) 368 In the possession of J. P. Heseltine, Esq.

GIRL WITH A RED FEATHER (_Oil_) 368 In the possession of the Executors of J. Staats Forbes

A FRESHENING BREEZE (_Oil_) 376 In the possession of J. S. Ure, Esq.

LILLIE IN OUR ALLEY--BROWN AND GOLD (_Oil_) 376 In the possession of J. J. Cowan, Esq.

THE SEA, POURVILLE (_Oil_) 388 In the possession of A. A. Hannay, Esq.

THE COAST OF BRITTANY--ALONE WITH THE TIDE (_Oil_) 388 Formerly in the possession of Ross Winans, Esq.

THE FUR JACKET--ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK AND BROWN (_Oil_) 388 _Picture in Progress:_ From a photograph lent by Pickford R. Waller, Esq. _Completed Picture:_ In the Worcester Museum, Massachusetts

PORTRAIT OF MRS. WALTER SICKERT 404 In the possession of Mrs. Cobden-Sanderson

PORTRAIT OF MISS WOAKES 404 In the possession of Messrs. Knvedler and Co.

THE CHELSEA GIRL 416

PORTRAIT OF E. S. KENNEDY 416 In the Metropolitan Museum, New York

GALLERY AT THE LONDON MEMORIAL EXHIBITION 428

GALLERY AT THE BOSTON MEMORIAL EXHIBITION 428

WHISTLER'S GRAVE IN CHISWICK CEMETERY ADJOINING CHISWICK CHURCHYARD 428

MONUMENT IN WHISTLER'S MEMORY AT THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST POINT 428