P5032

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black%20and%20white%20portrait%20of%20Robert%20Barr

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ID Number

P5032

Item Name

image

Maker

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill

Title

Robert Barr

Date

c. 1894-95

Description

black and white portrait of Robert Barr by James Whistler; based on original oil on canvas painting;

History

American painter, James Abbott McNeill Whistler is related to the Abbott family of Sandwich. His namesake, James Abbott, is the brother of Frances Abbott (married Francois Baby) and Elizabeth Abbott (married Jacques (James) Baby). From record of original painting at Detroit Institute of Art: Robert Barr (September 16, 1850-October 21, 1912) Eva Barr, neé Bennett (wife of the above, whom she married in 1876).

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

N

Subjects

Abbott, Elizabeth person

Abbott, Frances person

Abbott, James person

Barr, Robert person

Detroit Institute of Art place

Painting / Peinture subject

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