Pennell-Whistler collection, 1597-1937

Biographical Note

Date	Event
1834, 10 July	Born, Lowell, Mass.
1851-1853	Cadet, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y.
1854-1855	Draftsman of maps, Coast Survey, Washington, D.C.
1855	Sailed for Paris, France, where he entered the atelier of Charles Gleyre
1858	Published first group of French etchings
1860	Published the Thames set of etchings
1863	After refusal by the Paris Salon, showed his "Symphony in White No. 1: The White Girl" at the Salon des Refuses, Paris, France Joined by his mother in London, England
1872	First showing of portrait of his mother, "Arrangement in Grey and Black"
1872-1877	Painted the striking portraits "Carlyle," "Miss Alexander," "Rosa Corder," and others
1878-1879	Instituted law suit against John Ruskin; won nominal sum
1888	Married Beatrix Godwin
1890	Published The Gentle Art of Making Enemies. New York: John W. Lovell Co.
1890-1901	Served terms as president of the Society of British Artists and of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers Lived alternately in Paris, France, and London, England
1892	Goupil Gallery, London, England, exhibition brought international recognition
1898-1901	Allied with the Academie Carmen, Paris, France
1901-1903	Health failed; traveled in Africa and Corsica
1903, 17 July	Died, London, England

Date	Event
1857, 4 July	Born, Philadelphia, Pa.
1876	Graduated, Friends' Select School, Germantown, Pa.
1876-1880	Clerk, Reading Coal Co., Philadelphia, Pa. Attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and night school at Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia, Pa.
1880	Set up private studio and became independent artist
1881	Sold first etchings to Scribner's Monthly
1884	Married Elizabeth Robins and settled in London, England, where they became friends of Edmund Gosse, James Barrie, and James McNeill Whistler
1908	Published with Elizabeth Robins Pennell The Life of James McNeill Whistler. Philadelphia: Lippincott. 2 vols.
1917	Returned to United States and handled wartime pictorial propaganda as vice chairman, Division of Pictorial Publicity, Committee of Public Information
1921	Arranged the Whistleriana exhibit at the Library of Congress Took up residence in New York, N.Y.
1922	Became art critic for Brooklyn Eagle
1922-1926	Taught etching and lithography at the Art Students' League of New York
1925	Published autobiography, The Adventures of an Illustrator. Boston: Mass., Little, Brown
1926, 23 Apr.	Died, New York, N.Y.

Date	Event
1855, Feb. 21	Born, Philadelphia, Pa.
1862-1872	Student at Catholic boarding school, Convent of the Sacred Heart at Eden Hall, Torresdale, Pa.
1880	Studied art with her uncle, Charles Godfrey Leland, and began working at his school, Public Industrial Art School. Encouraged by Leland, she began writing, hoping for a literary career.
1881	Published her first article, "Mischief in the Middle Ages," Atlantic Monthly.
1882-1930	Published thousands of articles and nearly thirty books on art criticism, food critcism, biographies, and cycle tourism.
1884	Married Joseph Pennell (died 1926) and settled in London, England.
1885-1898	Published with Joseph Pennell seven books describing and illustrating their travels by cycle in Europe.
1888	Co-founded the Gypsy Lore Society
1893	Published To Gipsyland, The Century Co.
1906	Published Charles Godfrey Leland: a Biography, Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
1911	Published with Joseph Pennell The Life of James McNeill Whistler, J. B. Lippincott
1917	Returned to live in the United States
1930	Published Whistler: The Friend, J.B. Lippincott
1936, Feb.	Died, New York, N.Y.