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The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler
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John Dyneley Prince, ??-??

Nationality: American
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Place of Birth: England
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Identity:

He was an English calico printer and textile expert.

Life:

He was signed up by Kirk Boot (founder of Lowell, MA) in the late 1820s, to come to Lowell and work on the printing of designs on cotton. His family became close friends with the Whistlers, and his daughter Kate Prince looked after the elderly AMW when she was ill.

Bibliography:

Frederick William Coburn, Whistler and his Birthplace: A Study of Contacts of James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) and Other Members of the Whistler Family with Lowell, Massachusetts, Lowell, 1988, p. 19.