UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler

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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.