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Book SynopsisTrade Review“[
The Woman in White] argues that Hiffernan was more collaborator than victim, an assessment that strives to write her into history as Whistler’s indispensable partner.”—Gioia Diliberto,
Wall Street Journal“[A] lavish volume . . . illuminating . . . Ms. MacDonald’s deep research has corrected some misinformation and unearthed important new facts.”
—Gioia Diliberto,
Wall Street Journal“
The Woman in White examines the relationship between the prickly American painter and the muse-mistress who modeled for his haunting ‘Symphonies in White’ . . . [and] argues that the two formed a symbiotic partnership.”—Michael Dirda,
Washington Post (“This Season’s Hidden Gems”)
“There are…illuminating chapters retelling Hiffernan’s biography and the story of her relationship with Whistler, alongside fascinating and new discoveries pertaining to the physical makeup of The Woman in White, its materiality, and its legacy, once more emphasising the formalist facets of white on white as a premodernist theme.”—Marte Stinis,
British Association of Victorian Studies Newsletter
