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The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler
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System Number: 01217
Date: 20 December 1888[1]
Author: Fine Art Society[2]
Place: [London]
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler F149
Document Type: Ms and AD[3]

Dec. 20. 88[4]

  Feb. 16. 81. Apr. 6. 81. Aug. 25. 81. Dec. 31. 81. Jan 24. 82 Feb. 7. 82. Jan. 25. 83.
Nocturne Riva 14 6 4   1   1
The Doorway 10 8 3 5      
The Two Doorways 9 12 4   5 1  
The Little Lagoon 13 7 8 6      
The Traghetto 8 12 2 7      
The Little Venice 20   3   1 3  
The Riva 6 15 7        
The Beggars 5 13 4 6      
Palaces 6 14 3   3    
The Mast 5 15 4        
The Little Mast 10 12 7        
Piazetta 9 16 7        
  115 130 56 24 10 4 1
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  Feb. 24. 83. Mar. 21. 83. April. 7. 83. April. 9. 83. April. 18. 83. June. 18. 83. July. 13. 83.
[Nocturne Riva]   1 1 1     10
[The Doorway] 1   2     4 3
[The Two Doorways]       1 2    
[The Little Lagoon]       1      
[The Traghetto]       1 1    
[The Little Venice]       2      
[The Riva]       1      
[The Beggars]       1      
[Palaces]         1   1
[The Mast]              
[The Little Mast]              
[Piazetta]              
  1 1 3 8 4 4 14
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  July. 16. 83. July. 20. 83. Aug. 1. 83. Aug. 8. 83. Feb. 15. 84. Mar. 6. 84. Feb. 6. 85.
[Nocturne Riva]           1 3
[The Doorway] 2         2  
[The Two Doorways] 1   12 2 2 1  
[The Little Lagoon]   12     3    
[The Traghetto] 2       2 3  
[The Little Venice]       2 3   1
[The Riva]       2 1    
[The Beggars] 6       2    
[Palaces]         1 1  
[The Mast] 3     1   2  
[The Little Mast] 2     1   2  
[Piazetta]         1    
  16 12 12 8 15 12 4
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  July. 20. 85. July. 29. 85. Jan. 13. 87. June. 25. 87. March. 13. 89[5] April 2. 89. April 11. 89
[Nocturne Riva] 3 10 6 9     71   6 77
[The Doorway]   10 3 12   12 65 65 77   77
[The Two Doorways]       8 3 4 60 60 63 67   67
[The Little Lagoon]     3 9     62 62   4 66 x
[The Traghetto]   6   3   5 4747 52   52
[The Little Venice] 3 8 9 11 14 1 6666 8081   81 x
[The Riva]   4 6 9   6 5151 57   57
[The Beggars]   8 3 5   2 5353 55   55
[Palaces]   8 6 7   5 5151 56   56
[The Mast]     9 3   3 4242 45 4 49
[The Little Mast]       11   2 4545 47 3 50
[Piazetta]     3 9   2 4545 47 1 48
  6 54 48 96 17 432 658 675    
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Etchings printed for the Fine Art Society.


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Notes:

1.  20 December 1888
Although dated 'Dec. 20. 88' in the top right corner, this form has been filled in up to the date 11 April 1889.

2.  The Fine Art Society
This is a record of printing of Mr Whistler's Etchings of Venice, 1880 (the first 'Venice Set') (K. 183-189, 191-195). (excat 5), Little Venice (K.183), Nocturne (K.184), The Little Mast (K.185), The Little Lagoon (K.186), The Palaces (K.187), The Doorway (K.188), The Piazzetta (K.189), The Traghetto, No.2 (K.191), The Riva, No.1 (K.192), The Two Doorways (K.193), The Beggars (K.194), The Mast (K.195), for the Fine Art Society, print dealers and publishers.

3.  Ms and AD
Written by JW and others, including Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935), engineer, son of JW and Louisa Fanny Hanson [more].

4.  Dec. 20. 88
Double underlined.

5.  March. 13. 89
The numbers in this column, and that of 'April 2.89', are in pencil. In column 'April 11. 89', the first written number is in ink, then the rest of the corrections and markings (including everything in the final three columns) are in pencil.