A New Bonnet

This profile drawing is held to be a portrait of the artist’s mother showing her in a high-collared dress and decorative hat. It shows the influence of the artist’s teacher, James MacNeill Whistler. The portrait is professionally mounted and presented in a narrow giltwood frame. It was purchased from the Gerald M. Norman Gallery in 1975.

The son of an architect, Henry Winslow was born in 1874 and educated in Boston, Massachusetts. He then attended École des Beaux-Arts but it was his time spent at Whistler’s School in Paris that most influenced his style of drawing. Winslow first exhibited at the Paris Salon before settling in London around 1901 where he exhibited at the Royal Academy, Fine Art Society (1937) and Kensington Art Gallery (1949). He published a book of etchings and a volume of poems. Winslow’s death is variously recorded as 1953, 1955 or 1960. Examples of his artwork can be found at the British Museum.