Documents associated with: Gower, Mrs Leveson
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System Number: 01360
Date: 18 May 1900
Author: Ernest George Brown[1]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: London
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler F292
Document Type: TLS[2]
BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT / TO H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
[royal coat of arms]
FIRST SPECIAL AWARD,
CHICAGO EXHIBITION, 1893.
MELBOURNE, 1880. / SYDNEY, 1879. / VIENNA, 1883.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS, FINART, LONDON.
TELEPHONE / 3767 GERRARD. [...]
THE FINE ART SOCIETY, LTD.
148, NEW BOND STREET,
LONDON, W.
18th May. 1900
James Whistler Esq,
8 Fitzroy Street,
Fitzroy Square.
Dear Mr Whistler,
I have received the beautiful little picture[3] & will do my best to sell it. I did not intend to nibble anything off the cheque, but why add a large piece on. You just put the picture a little beyond what it is possible to get. Do not you think 600 guineas is enough to ask? Please let me know. 'Don't begrudge the poor little 10%'
Faithfully yours,
Ernest G. Brown
'I wrote to Mrs Leveson Gower[4] and she has answered'
'Excuse a typewritten letter'
' 7000
$2000 (5
20 (400
60[5]'
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Notes:
1. Ernest George Brown
Ernest George Brown (1853 or 1854-1915), assistant manager at the Fine Art Society [more]. This is a reply to JW's letter, #03654.
2. TLS
'Don't begrudge ... 10%' and 'I wrote to ... letter' is written in Brown's hand; the rest is typewritten.
3. beautiful little picture
Rose and Gold: 'Pretty Nellie Brown' (YMSM 451), a portrait of Brown's young daughter.
4. Mrs Leveson Gower
Mrs Leveson Gower, relation of the Duke of Sutherland; see another reference to her, #09621.
5. 60
The '7000 ... 60' calculation is a pencil note in JW's hand.