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The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler

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Blanche Marie Georgiana Watney, 1837?-1915

Nationality: British
Date of Birth: 1837?
Place of Birth:
Date of Death: 1915
Place of Death:

Identity:

Blanche Watney was a business-woman and collector.

Life:

Blanche Watney, of the brewing family, bought Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room (YMSM 178).

She is referred to in JW's correspondence in or after 1895.

Bibliography:

Merrill, Linda, The Peacock Room. A Cultural Biography, New Haven and London, 1998.