Documents associated with: Blunt, Arthur Cadogan
Record 4 of 4
System Number: 07425
Date: 15 May 1893
Author: JW
Place: Paris
Recipient: [none]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler W1413
Document Type: PD/Ms/S[1]
[print of a waterside inn, with the sign of the golden lion] AU LYON D'OR
PARIS
MENU
DU 15 Mai 1893
Hors d'Oeuvre
Tapioca Berthelot
Truite saumonée au bleu
Selle de présalé Helder
Aspic d'Ecrevisses
Asperges sauce Mousseline
Fraises à la crême
Fromage
Chablis Moutonne 1881
J. Meümm G. S. frappe
Cafés et Liqueurs
Charles Conder[2]
Vere Blunt[3]
Francis. E. James[4]... [sketch of fleur-de-lis]
Beatrix Whistler[5]
A C Blunt[6]
G. H. Stephenson[7].
J. McN. Whistler -[8]
[butterfly signature]
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Notes:
1. PD/Ms/S
This menu was written in an unknown hand and was signed by JW, along with all of the other persons named below.
2. Charles Conder
Charles Conder (1868-1909), painter [more].
3. Vere Blunt
[Vere or Valerie?] Blunt, a social acquaintance of JW.
4. Francis. E. James
Francis Edward James (1849-1920), landscape painter [more].
5. Beatrix Whistler
Beatrix Whistler (1857-1896), née Beatrice Philip, artist [more].
6. A C Blunt
Arthur Cadogan Blunt (ca 1861 - d.1934), artist [more].
7. G. H. Stephenson
George Hunt Stephenson (b. 1839), leather merchant, and Methodist.
8. J. McN. Whistler -
A large 'X' has been written in pencil at either side of JW's signature. This was obviously a splendid dinner, but the occasion is not known.