The Widow Whitgift and her Sons

1906 · Watercolour · 30.8 × 24.5 cm

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Where is “The Widow Whitgift and her Sons” now? Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.

Victoria and Albert Museum

London, United Kingdom

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 17 days ago
In this state since: Sep 25, 2026
Source: The museum

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Accession number: P.16-1936

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Drawings & watercolors Pen and ink Modernism 20th century England

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Victoria and Albert Museum
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In the life of Arthur Rackham

The whole life

1904
Edyth suffers a miscarriage
Edyth suffers a miscarriage; their daughter Barbara will be born four years later.
1906
Gold medal at the Milan International Exhibition
He wins a gold medal at the Milan International Exhibition; he will win another at the Barcelona International Exposition in 1912.
1906
Moves to Chalcot Gardens
From 1906 the family lives at Chalcot Gardens, near Haverstock Hill, until leaving London in 1920.
1908
Birth of his daughter Barbara
Four years after the miscarriage, Barbara is born to Rackham and Edyth, the couple's only daughter.

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