Anna Mathilda Whistler

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Anna Mathilda Whistler (McNeill)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wilmington, NC, United States
Death: January 31, 1881 (76)
Hastings, UK
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Dr. Charles Daniel McNeill and Martha McNeill
Wife of George Washington Whistler
Mother of James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Dr. William McNeill Whistler, Civil War veteran (CSA)
Sister of William Gibbs McNeill; Charles Johnson McNeil; Isabella Fairfax; Mary Estabrook and Catherine Jane Palmer

Managed by: Henry Alan Johnson
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About Anna Mathilda Whistler

American Folk Figure. The mother of artist James McNeill Whistler, she was the subject of his painting "Arrangement in Grey and Black" (1871), which is more famously and popularly known as "Whistler's Mother". It is considered one of the most recognizable images of 19th century American art

Anna Matilda McNeill Whistler BIRTH 27 Sep 1804 Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA DEATH 31 Jan 1881 (aged 76) Hastings, Hastings Borough, East Sussex, England BURIAL Hastings Cemetery and Crematorium Hastings, Hastings Borough, East Sussex, England

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25522285/anna-matilda-whistler

Children Photo James McNeill Whistler 1834–1903

Photo William McNeill Whistler 1836–1900

Photo Kirk Boott Whistler 1838–1842

Photo Charles Donald Whistler 1841–1843

Photo John Bouttattz Whistler 1845 – unknown

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Anna Mathilda Whistler's Timeline

1804
September 7, 1804
Wilmington, NC, United States
1834
July 10, 1834
Lowell, MA, United States
1836
July 22, 1836
Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
1881
January 31, 1881
Age 76
Hastings, UK