J. MACWHIRTER, A.R.A.

J. MACWHIRTER, A.R.A.

1884

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London publisher

D. Appleton & Co. New York publisher

J. MacWhirter, ARA, albumen print, approx. 6½ x 8½ in., by Frank Dudman (1855-1918) for Joseph Park Mayall (1839-1922), 1883.

F. G. Stephens, Artists at Home, photographed by J. P. Mayall and reproduced in facsimile by photoengraving on copper plates; edited, with biographical notes and descriptions, by Frederick George Stephens (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington; New York: Appleton & Co., 1884), n.p.

MacWhirter, John (1839-1911), Scottish painter

June 1884

Photograph copyrighted September 13, 1883. Copyright owner of photograph, Joe Parkin Mayall, 548 Oxford Street, London. Copyright author of photograph, Frank Dudman, 27 Bloemfontein, Shepherds Bush, London (Public Records, National Archives, Kew, COPY 1/365/230)

Description: "Photograph of Mr MacWhirter A R A, & interior of his studio at No1. Abbey Road, St Johns Wood."

The artist sits is a large, mostly unfurnished studio before an easel that supports a large, framed landscape painting. He holds a palette and brush and looks at a sketch propped on a pile of books atop a wooden chair just to the right of the easel. A grand fireplace appears on the rear wall, below a gallery lined with a railing that descends the stairs in the left-hand corner of the composition. To the left of the railing are two more easels holding framed landscape paintings. The floor is bare, apart from an animal skin before the hearth.

“Our Note Book.” The Illustrated London News 35 (July 12, 1884): 26. "The June number of “Artists at Home” contains portraits and views of the studios of G. F. Watts, R.A., W. H. Thornycroft, A.R.A., W. F. Yeames, R. A., and J. MacWhirter, A.R.A.  Considering that this is a purely artistic work, it is surprising that the artists represented have not exercised a more beneficial control over the arrangement and production of the pictures. . . ."

The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e., not protected by copyright, has been produced by the Emory University Digital Library Program.

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Omeka record contributed by Linda Merrill

October 3, 2016

November 21, 2016
January 20, 2017

Photoengraving on copper

6 1/2 in. x 8 3/4 in. (16.8 cm x 27.7 cm)

10 3/4 in. x 14 1/2 in. (27.7 cm x 36.8 cm)

(Printed on the mount beneath the image) J P Mayall Photo | London published by Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington 188 Fleet St. | Park Lane Studio London | J. MAC WHIRTER, A.R.A. | Copyright