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Rosalind Birnie Philip

Also known as: Rosalind Birnie Philip; primary name: Philip, Rosalind Birnie
Details: individual; British; Female
Life dates: 1873-1958
Biography: Youngest of ten children of the sculptor John Birnie Philip and Frances Black. Her sister Beatrice (q.v.) married James McNeill Whistler (q.v.). Miss Philip was secretary to Whistler, and then executrix of his estate; she gave substantially to the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, as Whistler had specified that nothing should be left to an English collection. However, she did donate a small number of Japanese prints to the British Museum.
Bibliography: Lugt 406

Title: Furyu shiki [no] asobi 風流四季遊 |
Museum number: 1949,0409,0.67 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿Published by:Tsutaya Juzaburo 蔦屋重三郎 |
Cultures/periods: x117348 Tenmei Era |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:Edo

Museum number: 1949,0409,0.70 |
Producer name: Print artist:Utagawa Kunisada (歌川国貞 Toyokuni III)Published by:Kawachiya Genshichi (河内屋原七) |
Cultures/periods: x13719 Bunka Era |
Production date: 1812 |
Production place: Published in:Edo

Museum number: 1949,0409,0.68.1-3 |
Producer name: Print artist:Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿Written by:Tarai no Amemori (たら井雨盛) |
Cultures/periods: x14074 Kansei Era |
Production date: 1790 |
Production place: Published in:Japan