Facts: - caption: '' '' -lrb- 1888 -- 1900 -rrb- , national gallery of mother art , washington , d.c. of pearl and silver : the andalusian - death date: 21 may 1920 - spouse: charles whibley - parents: john birnie philip and frances black - alias: nee ethel birnie philip - birth date: 29 september 1861 - name: ethel whibley - image: mother of pearl and silver the andalusian.jpg - birth place: chelsea , london , england - occupation: secretary & model for james mcneill whistler Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of ethel whibley .
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ethel whibley , nee birnie philip -lrb- 29 september 1861 -- 21 may 1920 -rrb- , 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 -lrb- also called ' beatrix ' or ' trixie ' -rrb- 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 -lrb- b. 1873 -rrb- subsequently acted as secretary to whistler and was appointed whistler 's executrix at his death .