James Jacques Joseph TissotFrench, 1836–1902Le veuf
May one see it?
Unknown
Besançon, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the work
In the museum's own words — in French
eau-forte et pointe sèche sur papier vergé filigrané
Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon
Particulars
- Accession number
- Gr.268 ; 903.9.48
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon
- Image: Musée des Beaux-Arts et d'Archéologie de Besançon — © Pierre Guenat; Ministère de la Culture (France), base Joconde
Meanwhile, in the life of James Jacques Joseph Tissot
The whole life1869–1876
Employed by: Vanity Fair
1871–1882 · Workplace
London
1875 or 1876
Meets Kathleen Newton
In 1875 or 1876 Tissot met Kathleen Newton, an Irish divorcee who became his companion and the sitter for dozens of his paintings and studies. Their relationship quickly became intimate.
1876 · Workplace
Ramsgate
1876
Cecil George Newton is born
In 1876 Kathleen gave birth to a son, Cecil George Newton, who is believed to be Tissot's.
1877
Kathleen moves in with Tissot
In 1877 Kathleen Newton moved into Tissot's house. His Catholic faith did not recognise her divorce, but they lived openly as husband and wife (the servants called her “Madame Tissot”), and Tissot later called these years the happiest of his life: he could be a family man, and her children often visited.
