Ethel Whibley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ethel Whibley

British model

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1861

Place of Birth: Chelsea, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 21-May-1920

Profession: model

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Ethel Whibley

  • Ethel Whibley, née Philip (29 September 1861 – 21 April 1920), was the sister-in-law of James McNeill Whistler.
  • Ethel was a secretary to Whistler who used Ethel as a model for a number of full-length portraits painted during the period 1888 to the mid-1890s.
  • Her sister Beatrice (also called 'Beatrix' or 'Trixie') married James McNeill Whistler in 1888, following the death of her first husband Edward William Godwin.
  • In 1896 Ethel married the writer Charles Whibley.
  • Her sister Rosalind Birnie Philip (b.
  • 1873) subsequently acted as secretary to Whistler and was appointed Whistler's executrix at his death.

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