Documents associated with: 64th Annual Exhibition, Royal Society of British Artists, London, 1887
Record 15 of 31
System Number: 07060
Date: [1 April 1887?][1]
Author: JW
Place: [London]
Recipient: Constance Wilde[2]
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler W1049
Document Type: ALdS[3]
Do come dear Mrs Oscar - and if you bring Oscar, do make him put on a coat! - he must not turn up in draperies any moregarb in my Galleries -
[butterfly signature]
[p. 2] Do come dear Mrs Oscar - & if you bring Oscar[4] do make him put on a coat - He must not turn up in garb in my Galleries[5]! -
[butterfly signature]
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Notes:
1. [1 April 1887?]
Dated from signature, and possible reference to exhibition (see below).
2. Constance Wilde
Constance Mary Wilde (1858-1898), née Lloyd, wife of Oscar Wilde [more].
3. ALdS
There are two drafts of the same letter.
4. Oscar
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wilde (1854-1900), writer, critic and playwright [more].
5. galleries
He may be referring to the Private View of 64th Annual Exhibition, Royal Society of British Artists, London, 1887, at the Suffolk Street Galleries, on 2 April. JW was President of the RBA until his forced resignation in June 1888.