The Private Life Of A Masterpiece - Season 4 - James McNeill Whistler: Portrait Of The Artist's Mother (Episode 2)
Plot: The stark portrait, mainly in greys and black, that James McNeill Whistler painted of his mother is now a picture that is widely lampooned as a portrait of a prim Victorian lady. She is shown smoking reefers, wearing trainers, having a tatoo
Episode Aired On:
Monday, January 19 2004 21 years ago