Record #:

12795

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Born in Wilmington in 1804, Anna McNeill Whistler, portrayed in the famous painting, \"Whistler's Mother\", painted by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, lived in Bladen County prior to moving to Chiswick, England. The main feature of the now priceless painting hanging in the Louvre, Paris, Whistler was a descendent of the McNeill's of Skye, who immigrated to America after the defeat of the Young Pretender.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 28 Issue 2, June 1960, p15, il

Subject(s):

Whistler, Anna Mathilda McNeill, 1804-1881; Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 1834-1903