System Number: 00863
Date: 2 April 1886
Author: Walter Dowdeswell[1]
Place: [London]
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler D69
Document Type: MsDS[2]
'April 2. 1886.
Received from J McN. Whistler :
| Long Venice[3] ... | [tick] 3. proofs. |
| Drury Lane - | [tick] 2. " " |
| Temple - | [tick] 2. " " |
| Nocturne Furnace. | [tick] 1. " " |
| Upright Venice - | [tick] 2. " " |
| Nocturne Palaces. | [tick] 1. " " |
| Fishing boat - | [tick] 1. " " |
| Fruit Stall - | [tick] 2. " " |
| Bead Stringers | [tick] 3. " " |
| Riva No. 2 - | [tick] 1. " " |
| San Giorgio - | [tick] 2. " " |
| San Biagio - | [tick] 1. " " |
| The Balcony - | [tick] 1. " " |
| The Rialto - | [tick] 2 " " ' |
Walter Dowdeswell,
2:4:86
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Notes:
1. Walter Dowdeswell
Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929), art dealer [more].
2. MsDS
The list is in ink in JW's hand, and signed/dated at the bottom in pencil by Dowdeswell. The ticks have been added in pencil.
3. Long Venice ... The Rialto
This relates to the printing of etchings from A Set of twenty-six etchings of Venice, 1886 (the second 'Venice set') (K.196-216, 233-237). (excat 6). The set was issued as a speculative venture by Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell, together with Alphonse Wyatt Thibeaudau (ca 1840 - d.1892), print dealer [more]. These were the first proofs to be delivered on 2 April 1886. Lists, receipts and accounts documenting the printing process include: #00859; #08680; #08681; #08684; #08721; #08706; #08701; #08718. The etchings were: Long Venice (K.212); Drury Lane (K.237); Temple (K.234); Nocturne: Furnace (K.213); Upright Venice (K.205); Nocturne: Palaces (K.202); Fishing-Boat (K.208); Fruit-Stall (K.200); Bead-Stringers (K.198); The Riva, No.2 (K.206); San Giorgio (K.201); San Biagio (K.197); The Balcony (K.207); The Rialto (K.211).