"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Whistler, women, and fashion, organized by Susan Grace Galassi and Margaret F. MacDonald, at the Frick Collection, New York, April 22-July 13, 2003"--T.p. verso.
Content Note
Whistler: painting the man / Margaret F. MacDonald -- Fashion and Whistler / Aileen Ribeiro -- East and West: sources and influences / Margaret F. MacDonald -- White muslin: Joanna Hiffernan and the 1860s/ Patricia de Montfort -- Whistler and aesthetic dress: Mrs. Frances Leyland / Susan Grace Galassi -- The artist as model: Rosa Corder / Susan Grace Galassi -- Maud Franklin and the "charming little swaggerers" / Margaret F. MacDonald -- Lady Henry Bruce Meux and Lady Archibald Campbell / Susan Grace Galassi with Helen M. Burnham -- Love and fashion: the Birnie Philips / Margaret F. MacDonald -- Afterword: "Beautiful women" / Margaret F. MacDonald.