Whistler, James McNeill b. July 10, 1834 d. July 17, 1903 Artist. He is best known for his full-length portrait of his mother, titled "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1," but usually known as "Whistler's Mother." Irked by the low status accorded painters in the United States of his day, Whistler pursued his artistic career in Europe. He was born James Abbott Whistler on July 10, 1834 in Lowell, Massachusetts. He spent five years of his childhood (1843-1848) in St. Petersburg, Russia, where his father, George Washington Whistler, a military...[Read More] (Bio by: Edward Parsons) Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England GPS coordinates: 51.4854507, -0.2524300 (hddd.dddd)
Whittingham, Charles b. June 16, 1767 d. January 5, 1840 Whittingham was an English printer. He founded the Chiswick Press in 1810. He was assisted by his nephew, also named Charles Whittingham, who later succeeded him. The Chiswick Press printed numerous books for the London publisher William Pickering & also printed William Morris' "The Roots of the Mountains" in 1889. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger) Old Chiswick Cemetery, Chiswick, Greater London, England
b. July 10, 1834 d. July 17, 1903
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