System Number: 00912
Date: 25 January 1889
Author: Walter Dowdeswell[1]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler D118
Document Type: ALS
DOWDESWELL & DOWDESWELLS
FINE ART PUBLISHERS
TELEPHONE NO.
3779
160 NEW BOND STREET
LONDON
W
January 25th / 89
Dear Whistler.
I see you sent us two proofs of "The Hotel Croix[2]" - I only selected one, - the other must have got in by mistake somehow.
'Western morn[ing] News[3] / London'
I sent them all down to my client in the country and this morning he returns:-
- Hotel Croix Blanche[4] - The Flower Market 10 - 10 - 0 - Tower St. Antoine 6 - 6 - 0 - Chateau d'Amboise 6 - 6 - 0 - Chateau Bridorez 6 - 6 - 0 - Market Place 6 - 6 - 0
saying[5] "the prices are too much for me". '[25 g?]'[6]
[p. 2] - Shall I keep them a day or two or send them back to you?
- No one shall see them but one of the serious collectors that you know we do business with -
Let me know - and I'll do what you decide -
Yours faithfully
Walter Dowdeswell.
'[tick] (1) Lithograph[7] [send another?] (kept) [tick] The Little Forge [tick] 3 The Hotel Croix Blanche - [tick] 6 The Court Yard P. L. Courier [tick] The Hang Man's House [tick] Rochester Row'
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Notes:
1. Walter Dowdeswell
Walter Dowdeswell (1858-1929), art dealer [more]. These prints were sent on 21 January (see #13030).
2. The Hotel Croix
The etchings listed are Hotel Croix Blanche, Tours (K.373), Tour St.Antoine, Loches (K.392), Chateau Amboise (K.393), Chateau Bridorez (K.378) and probably Market-Place, Loches (K.388).
3. saying
The end of the sentence was written at the bottom of the page, under the list of etchings.
4. '[25 g?]'
Added in pencil.
5. Western morn News / London
Written in the left margin, possibly in JW's hand.
6. - Hotel Croix Blanche
Added in another hand, possibly that of JW.
7. Lithograph
List added in another hand, at upper left; the list probably includes: The Little Forge (K.147), Courtyard, Rue P.L.Courier (K.368), Hangman's House, Tours (K.376) and Rochester Row (K.269).