UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler
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System Number: 00887
Date: 15 January [1887][1]
Author: Charles Savage[2]
Place: [London]
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler D93
Document Type: DS[3]


Recieved[4] [sic] nine shillings from Mr Whistler for Mrs Godwin[5] -

Saturday Jan - 15 -

Receved[6] [sic] same time

Chas Savage


  45[7]   45               35    45   45   
  25   15                9    23   16    
  20-  30. 40   20      26.   22   29    


45   45
30   15
15   30 

 
 30
 15
 15


  20
  30
  40
  20
  26
  22
  29
  15
  30
  15
 247
  30
 217
   8
 211
  18
 193

(p. 2)

Balcony[8] -                    9 -    . . . . . .     36 -
Bead Stringers -             5 -    . . . . . .     40 -
Doorway & Vine -            20 -    . . . . . .     25
Fruit Stall -                9 -    . . . . . .     26
Furnace Nocturne -          25 -    . . . . . .     20
Garden -                    24 -    . . . . . .     21
Nocturne Palaces -          25 -    . . . . . .     20
Riva -                      44 -    . . . . . .      1  
San Biagio -
Turkeys -                   13 -    . . . . . .     22  
                                                   211             
                                     Noct. Pal.   ( 11 
                                                   199.
                                                    10 
                                                   190.



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Notes:

1.  15 January [1887]
15 January was a Saturday in 1887.

2.  Charles Savage
Charles Savage, unidentified [more].

3.  DS
Most of the first page is in JW's hand, but it has been signed by Savage; page two is wholly written by JW.

4.  Recieved ... Jan - 15 -
Written in JW's hand.

5.  Mrs Godwin
Beatrix Whistler (1857-1896), née Beatrice Philip, artist [more]. She was left badly off after Godwin's premature death, and JW helped organise a subscription on her behalf.

6.  Receved ... Savage
Written by Charles Savage.

7.  45
The following sums were written in the right and upper margins of the page, in no clear order, by JW.

8.  Balcony
The Balcony (K.207), Bead-Stringers (K.198), Doorway and Vine (K.196), Fruit-Stall (K.200), Nocturne: Furnace (K.213), Garden (K.210), Nocturne: Palaces (K.202), The Riva, No.2 (K.206), San Biagio (K.197) and Turkeys (K.199) from A Set of twenty-six etchings of Venice, 1886 (the second 'Venice set') (K.196-216, 233-237). (excat 6). On p. 2, lines have been drawn in the left hand margin linking certain titles, as follows: Fruit Stall to Turkeys; Furnace Nocturne to San Biagio; and Garden to Riva.