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Who was Maud Franklin in James McNeill Whistler’s life?
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James McNeill Whistler
Portrait of American-born artist James McNeill Whistler, c. 1868.
Maud Franklin was an artist's model and the mistress of James McNeill Whistler. Following Whistler's bankruptcy in 1879, she accompanied him to Venice, where he spent 14 months producing a series of etchings and other works.1