Documents associated with: Wyndham, Madeline C. F. E.
Record 14 of 19
System Number: 05691
Date: 29 February 1892
Author: David Croal Thomson[1]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: [Paris]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler T36
Document Type: ALS
[royal coat of arms]
THE GOUPIL GALLERY
BOUSSOD, VALADON & CO.
116 & 117, NEW BOND STREET. W.
TELEGRAMS, - BOUSSOD, LONDON.
London
29th Feby 1892 -
Dear Sir,
Cards. Way[2] is on the cards again & will send a sketch -
Promised works. We are getting them in. J. Potters[3], 4, tomorrow. Chapman[4] 5, Wednesday. C. Flowers[5] 2 tomorrow, Mrs Peter Taylor[6] Wednesday.
Mrs Wyndham[7] tomorrow;
Mad[a]me Venturi's[8] arrived
Mr Ionides[9]. We hope to see him tomorrow.
Leathart[10] Promises call Wednesday.
[p. 2] We note all you say very carefully & will keep quiet what you say about coming, but we are getting the papers to speak.
The Scotsman & Glasgow Herald will have special notice.
Would you like to have the Carlyle[11] from Glasgow. We could ask & probably obtain it.
Yours faithfully
pp [stamped:] BOUSSOD VALADON & CO.
D. C. Thomson
MANAGER.
J. McN. Whistler Eq
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Notes:
1. David Croal Thomson
David Croal Thomson (1855-1930), art dealer [more]. Thomson was organising JW's retrospective exhibition Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces, Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Goupil Gallery, London, 1892. The exhibition opened on 19 March 1892 to great public success.
2. Way
Thomas Way (1837-1915), lithographic printer [more], was printing private view cards.
3. J. Potters
John Charles Potter (1854-1920), wallpaper manufacturer and collector [more], owned Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl (YMSM 52).
4. Chapman
Alfred Chapman (1839-1917), engineer and collector [more], owned Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Bognor (YMSM 100), Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Southampton Water (YMSM 117), Blue and Gold: Channel (YMSM 159), Nocturne: Battersea Reach (YMSM 160) and Nocturne: Grey and Gold - Chelsea Snow (YMSM 174).
5. C. Flowers
Cyril Flower (1843-1907), barrister, Liberal MP, 1st Baron Battersea [more], owned Caprice in Purple and Gold: The Golden Screen (YMSM 60) and Variations in Pink and Grey: Chelsea (YMSM 105).
6. Mrs Peter Taylor
Mrs Peter Taylor, wife of the collector [more], owned Symphony in Grey and Green: The Ocean (YMSM 72).
7. Mrs Wyndham
Madeline Caroline Frances Eden Wyndham (1835-1920), née Campbell, artist [more], lent Nocturne: Grey and Gold - Westminster Bridge (YMSM 145).
8. Mad[a]me Venturi's
Emilie Venturi (d. 1893), née Ashurst, wife (1) of Sydney Hawkes, and (2) Carlo Venturi [more], owned Chelsea in Ice (YMSM 53).
9. Mr Ionides
Alexander ('Aleco') Ionides (1840-1898), businessman [more], owned Brown and Silver: Old Battersea Bridge (YMSM 33), Sea and Rain (YMSM 65), Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Valparaiso Bay (YMSM 76), Green and Grey: The Oyster Smacks, Evening (YMSM 99).
10. Leathart
James Leathart (1820-1895), collector [more], owned Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks (YMSM 47).
11. Carlyle
Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle (YMSM 137).