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 Van den Branden, 48; Wauters, R. v. d. W. (Brussels, 1856); do., Peinture flamande (Paris, 1885), 56; W. & W., ii. 29; Zeitschr. f. b. K., iii. 230; xvii. 293, 323.

WEYMOUTH BAY, John Constable, Louvre, Paris; canvas, H. 2 ft. 11 in. × 3 ft. 8 in. The bay on the approach of a storm. Painted in 1827. Engraved by D. Lucas; presented by John W. Wilson in 1873.—Cat. Louvre.

WHARTON, PHILIP F., born in Philadelphia in 1841, died at Media, July 27, 1879. Genre painter, pupil of the Pennsylvania Academy; studied in Dresden, and in the Atelier Suisse in Paris. Professional life spent in Philadelphia. Works: Perdita at the Sheep-Shearing Festival ("Winter's Tale," 1876); Waiting for the Parade (1878), etc.—Am. Art. Rev. (1880), 503.

WHISTLER, JAMES ABBOTT McNEILL, born in Lowell, Mass., in 1834. Figure and portrait painter, educated at West Point; pupil for two years of Gleyre in Paris; settled in 1863 in London. Is as well known by his etchings as by his works in oils. Medal, Paris, 3d class, 1883. Elected in 1886 president of the Society of British Artists. Works: The White Girl (1862), Thomas D. Whistler, Baltimore; Coast of Brittany, Ross Whistler, ib.; Last of Old Westminster, Westminster Bridge (1863); Princesse des pays de la porcelaine (1865); At the Piano (1867); Portrait of my Mother, do. of Carlyle (1872); Gold Girl, Nocturne in Blue and Gold, Nocturne in Blue and Green (1878); Harmony in Gray and Green (1881); Nocturne in Blue and Silver, Blue Girl, Entrance to Southampton Water (1882); Great Fire Wheel (1883); Harmony in Brown and Black (1884).—Gaz. des B. Arts (1881), xxiii. 365; (1882), xxv. 620; (1884), xxix. 484, 534; Scribner's Magazine (1879), xviii 481.

WHITE, EDWIN, born at South Hadley, Mass., in 1817, died at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., June 7, 1877. History and genre painter; studied in Paris, Rome, Florence, and Düsseldorf in 1850 and in 1869. Elected member of the National Academy in 1849. He lived in Europe many years, but returned in 1875 and opened a studio in New York. Among his important works are: Pocahontas informing Smith of the Conspiracy of the Indians (painted for General Kearney); Washington resigning his Commission (Annapolis, bought by the State); Age's Revery, Military Academy, West Point; Death-Bed of Luther; Milton's Visit to Galileo; Requiem of De Soto; Old Age of Milton, Art Union; First Printing of the Bible; Thoughts of Liberia, Old Woman Spinning, R. L. Stuart, New York; Evening Hymn of the Huguenot Refugees. He bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum, New York, The Antiquary; to Amherst College, Leonardo da Vinci and his Pupils; and to Yale College, the unfinished picture of the Signing of the Compact on the Mayflower.—Tuckerman, 438.

WHITE, JOHN BLAKE, born in South Carolina in 1781, died in Charleston, August, 1859. History painter; began the study of law, but in 1803 went to London and became the pupil in art of Benjamin West. Among his works are: Mrs. Motte presenting the Arrows; General Marion inviting the British Officer to Dinner; Battle of Eutaw; Battle of New Orleans. He was also the author of several dramas.

WHITE GIRL, James McNeill Whistler, Thomas D. Whistler, Baltimore; canvas, H. about 6 ft. × 3 ft.; signed, dated 1862. A tall girl, with dishevelled hair and dressed wholly in white, standing before a white-lace curtain on a wolf-skin, the head of which lies in front, spread on a parti-coloured rug. Never engraved.

WHITEHORN, JAMES, born at Wallingford, Vt., in 1803. Portrait painter, pupil