System Number: 00878
Date: 2 October 1886
Author: Walter Dowdeswell[1]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler D84
Document Type: ALS
DOWDESWELL & DOWDESWELLS,
FINE ART PUBLISHERS,
TWO DOORS FROM THE GROSVENOR GALLERY.
133, NEW BOND STREET,
TELEPHONE NO. 3779.
October 2nd 1886
J. A. Whistler Esqr
My dear Whistler,
Herewith the list up to date and hour even, of every proof received.
22 x -[2] 20 Rialto[3]. 16 Long Venice. - 25 - 17 Nocturne Palaces. 7 Balcony. 30 x- 12 Furnace Nocturne. 25 x- 5 Ponte Piovan. 41 Long Lagoon. - 28 x- 14 Garden. 3 St. Giorgio. - 15 x- 15 Lobster Pots. 14 Little Court. - 29 x- 13 Quiet Canal. 15 Drury Lane - x- 11 Fishing Boat. 6 Riva No. 2. - 3 Bead Stringers. 13 Salute. Dawn. - 6 Turkeys. 5 San Biagio. - 20 x- 10 Temple. 1 Doorway & Vine. x- 8 Upright Venice. 5 Wheelwright. - x- 7 Fruit Stall. 7 Lagoon . noon - x- 5 Bridge .
What was the result of the S. B. A.[4] meeting last night?
Yours always
Walter Dowdeswell
P. T. O.[5]
[p. 2] At any rate this is the list Sparkes[6] [sic] gives me (I've not been able to make it myself as I've been & am still too much occupied with other things). - but it must be wrong as regards "Doorway & Vine[7]" as we've delivered 2 complete sets - Every one has left for to-day - I'll go into it again on Monday - & let you know - meanwhile you may take the other numbers as correct.
W. D.
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Notes:
1. Walter Dowdeswell
Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929), art dealer [more].
2. 22 x -
The left hand columns (number, x, and dash) were written by JW in pencil, as were the dashes on the extreme right side of the page. The list of etchings was written in pen, by Dowdeswell.
3. Rialto
The list is a progress report on the printing of the etchings for A Set of twenty-six etchings of Venice, 1886 (the second 'Venice set') (K.196-216, 233-237). (excat 6), which was published by Dowdeswells in 1886: Doorway and Vine (K.196), San Biagio (K.197), Bead-Stringers (K.198), Turkeys (K.199), Fruit-Stall (K.200), San Giorgio (K.201), Nocturne: Palaces (K.202), Long Lagoon (K.203), The Bridge (K.204), Upright Venice (K.205), The Riva, No.2 (K.206), The Balcony (K.207), Fishing-Boat (K.208), Ponte del Piovan (K.209), Garden (K.210), The Rialto (K.211), Long Venice (K.212), Nocturne: Furnace (K.213), Quiet Canal (K.214), La Salute: Dawn (K.215), Lagoon: Noon (K.216), and including the non-Venetian subjects, namely Wheelwright (K.233), Temple (K.234), Lobster Pots (K.235) and Little Court (K.236).
4. S. B. A.
The Society of British Artists, of which JW was President.
5. P. T. O.
Underlined three times.
6. Sparkes
Nathaniel Sparks (1880-1956), printer and etcher [more].