UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler

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Joseph Swift Whistler, 1824-1840

Nationality: American
Date of Birth: 1824.08.02
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Date of Death: 1840.01.01
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Identity:

Joseph Swift Whistler was the son of George Washington Whistler and his first wife, Mary. He was thus Whistler's half-brother. He died at an early age.

Bibliography:

Mumford, Elizabeth, Whistler's Mother: the Life of Anna McNeill Whistler, Boston, (Mass.), 1939; McDiarmid, Kate R., Whistler's Mother: Her Life, Letters and Journal, [n.p.], [n.d.].