Mrs. Whaley (died 1798, Isle of Man), Oil on canvas, 93 1/2 x 58 in. (237. 5 x 147. 3 cm), Paintings, Attributed to George Chinnery (British, London 1774?1852 Macau), The sitter's maiden name was Maria Courtney but for some seven or eight years before her death in 1798 in Douglas, Isle of Man, she was known as Mrs. Whaley. She was the constant companion of a wealthy and dissolute young Irishman, Thomas, or Buck, Whaley, by whom she had four children: Thomas, Richard, Ann, and Sophia Isabella