Whistler's Poodle and the Eminent ENT surgeon.

My midweek blog post tells the story of artist James Whistler's favorite dog and an ENT surgeon.

Whistler’s Poodle and the Eminent Surgeon.

American born, British based artist, James Abbott Whistler (1834 - 1903) famed for paintings such as ‘Arrangement in Grey and Black, the Artist’s Mother’ (yes, the picture in the first Mr. Bean movie!) and Old Battersea Bridge, was an animal lover. Whistler owned a tortoiseshell cat, but his favorite pet was actually his French poodle.

            One day the poodle was taken ill and in a panic Whistler called out an eminent ENT surgeon of the day.

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