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Matilda Gilchrist, 1828 or 1829-??

Nationality: English
Date of Birth: 1828 or 1829
Place of Birth: Milford Haven
Date of Death:
Place of Death:

Identity:

'Tillie' Gilchrist, JW's model, may have been Mrs Matilda Gilchrist (b. 1828 or 1829), the mother of the dancer and actress Connie Gilchrist.

Life:

Tillie Gilchrist posed for JW on a number of occasions and appears in Study for 'Tillie: A Model' (M.369), Tillie: Study in Pink and Mauve (M.370) and Tillie: a model (K.117). She was a widow at the time of the 1881 census.

Bibliography:

MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995.