Ethel Whibley
Ethel Whibley née Birnie Philip, (29 September 1861 – 21 May 1920), was the sister-in-law of James McNeill Whistler. Ethel was a secretary to Whistler who used Ethel as a model for a number of full-length portraits painted during the period 1888 to the mid-1890s. Her sister Beatrix (b. 1857) married James McNeill Whistler in 1888, following the death of her first husband Edward William Godwin. In 1896 Ethel married the writer Charles Whibley. Her sister Rosalind Birnie Philip (b. 1873) subsequently acted as secretary to Whistler and was appointed Whistler's executrix at his death.
Personal facts
| Birth date | September 29, 1861 |
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| Date of death | May 21, 1920 |
| Parents | John Birnie Philip |