System Number: 00747
Date: 3 July 1901
Author: John James Cowan[1]
Place: Edinburgh
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler C248
Document Type: ALS
3rd July 1901
38 WEST REGISTER ST.
EDINBURGH.
My dear Whistler,
I got your telegram[2] when I got home last night, but was not able to catch the mail.
I think it must have been in Novr. or Decr that I saw the Head[3] in question. It was then in Reid's[4] possession, but where it is now I can't tell. I await your letter [p. 2] before writing you farther.
Your's very truly
John J. Cowan
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Notes:
1. John James Cowan
John James Cowan (1846-1936), paper manufacturer and collector [more].
2. telegram
Untraced.
3. Head
Alice Butt (1) (YMSM 437). On 30 June 1901, Cowan mentioned another head owned by Reid similar to his own picture, Alice Butt (2) (YMSM 438): 'I have seen another head very similar to the large one - the same model but and pose, but slightly different in treatment &c.' #00745. In July 1901, JW attempted to prevent the sale of the picture in London (JW to J. J. Cowan, #00749). See also JW to J. J. Cowan, #00746.