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The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler

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E. Lawson, ??-??

Nationality: Scottish
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Identity:

E. Kerr-Lawson was a writer and collector.

Life:

E. Kerr-Lawson was a friend of another collector, Duncan McCorkindale of Rothesay. JW may have met both in Paris in 1894, and seen a painting by El Greco that Kerr-Lawson bought (see #09232). Kerr-Lawson's A Catalogue of the Paintings in the Museo del Prado at Madrid was published by William Heinemann in 1896.

Bibliography:

WorldCat, http://newfirstsearch.uk.oclc.org (accessed August 2004).