Project Gutenberg 2014-11-16 Public domain in the USA. 598 Pennell, Elizabeth Robins 1855 1936 Pennell, E. R. (Elizabeth Robins) Pennell, Joseph 1857 1926 Pennell, J. (Joseph) The Life of James McNeill Whistler Produced by Brian Wilsden, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Life of James McNeill Whistler" by Elizabeth Robins Pennell and Joseph Pennell is a historical account likely written in the early 20th century. This biography chronicles the life of the influential American painter James McNeill Whistler, detailing his upbringing, artistic development, and complex personality. The book provides insights into his family background and early years, setting the stage for understanding his character and contributions to the art world. The opening of the book delves into the early life of James McNeill Whistler, beginning with his birth in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1834. It recounts anecdotes about his family, particularly focusing on his father, Major George Washington Whistler, a prominent civil engineer. The narrative touches upon James’s childhood experiences, his family's influences, and the whimsical claims and contradictions surrounding his birthplace. It sets a tone of both reverence and levity, hinting at the complexities of Whistler’s identity and the familial relationships that shaped him. Through the meticulous detail of his family's history and his early years, the authors offer a glimpse into the factors that contributed to Whistler's later development as a renowned artist. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903 ND Text Browsing: Art & Photography Browsing: Biographies Category: Biographies Category: American Literature Category: Art 1467489 2025-06-19T06:39:30.533859 text/html 1391004 2024-10-24T12:15:50 text/html 6962872 2025-06-19T06:40:22.131121 application/epub+zip 6986920 2025-06-19T06:39:48.042797 application/epub+zip 609465 2025-06-19T06:39:35.388854 application/epub+zip 8581621 2025-06-19T06:40:37.165042 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 8403987 2025-06-19T06:40:06.795694 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 861377 2022-09-21T13:49:57.752639 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1174497 2023-09-20T12:54:01.164965 text/plain 1154629 2024-10-24T12:15:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16272 2025-06-19T06:40:37.356033 application/rdf+xml 16413 2025-06-19T06:39:35.728879 image/jpeg 2543 2025-06-19T06:39:35.559841 image/jpeg 6944387 2025-06-19T06:39:30.913871 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia