Matilda Gilchrist, b. 1828 or 1829
Nationality: English
Date of Birth: 1828 or 1829
Place of Birth: Milford Haven
Identity:
'Tillie' Gilchrist, JW's model, may have been Mrs Matilda Gilchrist (b. 1828 or 1829), the mother of the dancer and actress Connie Gilchrist.
Life:
Tillie Gilchrist posed for JW on a number of occasions and appears in Study for 'Tillie: A Model' m0369, Tillie: Study in Pink and Mauve m0370 and Tillie: A Model 113. She was a widow at the time of the 1881 census.
Bibliography:
MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995.