System Number: 01188
Date: 31 January 1887
Author: Ernest G. Brown[1]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler F120
Document Type: ALS
BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT
[Royal coat of arms]
TO H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
[etc.]
TELEGRAPHIC[2] ADDRESS / "FINART, LONDON."
THE FINE ART SOCIETY,
LIMD
148, NEW BOND ST.
W.
Jany 31st 1887
Dear Mr Whistler
Have you any proofs of "The Dyer[3]"? I have an application from a man in the trade in America. If you have, how much would they cost us? Please let me know.
Mr Chase[4] told me to ask you if you were offended with him, as you did not answer his letters.
Yours very truly
Ernest G. Brown
P. S. I did not intend to "finesse" that pound. When I wrote £20. I had forgotten that old bone of contention.[5]
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Notes:
1. Ernest G. Brown
Ernest George Brown (1853 or 1854-1915), assistant manager at the Fine Art Society [more].
2. TELEGRAPHIC
Printed from a rubber stamp.
3. The Dyer
The Dyer (K.219), which was never published, although most of JW's Venice etchings were.
4. Mr Chase
William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), painter [more].
5. old bone of contention.
JW repeatedly insisted on being paid guineas instead of pounds. In this case, Brown had sent him £20 instead of 20 guineas (£21.0.0.). JW refers to Brown's "attempted finesse" in #01187.