Katherine Prince collection relating to James McNeill Whistler
name: label: Creator
content: Prince, Katherine, 1819-1906
label: Names
content: Prince, Leslie
label: Names
content: Sutton, Susie Livermore, 1855-1938
label: Names
content: Whistler, James McNeill, 1834-1903
topic: label: Occupation
content: Expatriate painters -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Massachusetts
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated in 2002 by Mary Ellen Prince Doolan, great-great granddaughter of Katherine Prince.
creator: label: Creator
content: Prince, Katherine, 1819-1906
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content: Katherine Prince collection relating to James McNeill Whistler
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Katherine Prince collection relating to James McNeill Whistler, dates from circa 1834-circa 1892, and 1980, and measures 0.2 linear feet. This small collection of letters, two diaries, mementos, and family history notes, provides scattered documentation of the long friendship between Katherine Prince, her sister Leslie, and Katherine's daughter, Susie Livermore Sutton, with their Lowell, Massachusetts neighbor, James McNeill Whistler.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Katherine Prince, her sister Leslie, and her daughter Susie Livermore Sutton (1855-1938) were friends and neighbors to James McNeill Whistler in Lowell, Massachusetts, where Whistler was born in 1834. Whistler and his family moved to Connecticut in 1837, but during their time in Lowell, the Whistlers had become close friends of the Prince family and remained friends with the daughters of the Prince family over many decades. Frequent trips to England and periods of residency in London kept Katherine Prince in close touch with Deborah Whistler and her brother James. Susie Livermore Sutton was a lifelong associate of Whistler. These mementos of an extended family friendship show a familial side of Whistler, who enjoyed the company of his sister Deborah, and their friends in the Prince family.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1834-circa 1892
label: Date
content: 1980
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.prinkath
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Diaries
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed by Stephanie Ashley in January 2020.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Katherine Prince collection relating to James McNeill Whistler, dates from circa 1834-circa 1892, and 1980, and measures 0.2 linear feet. This small collection of letters, two diaries, mementos, and family history notes, provides scattered documentation of the long friendship between Katherine Prince, her sister Leslie, and Katherine's daughter, Susie Livermore Sutton, with their Lowell, Massachusetts neighbor, James McNeill Whistler.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American art also holds the James McNeill Whistler collection, 1863-1906, circa 1940.