System Number: 01259
Date: 18 April 1893
Author: Ernest George Brown[1]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: [Paris]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler F191
Document Type: ALS
BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT
[Royal coat of arms]
TO H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
FIRST SPECIAL AWARD SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1879.
MELBOURNE, 1880.
DIPLOMA OF HONOUR VIENNA, 1883.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: "FINART, LONDON."
PLEASE ADDRESS ALL LETTERS TO THE SOCIETY.
THE FINE ART SOCIETY, LIMD
148, NEW BOND ST.
W.
Apl 18th 1893
Dear Mr Whistler,
I hope you received the cheque I sent you safely and also that you will be able to print the etchings for us. Please remember to mark the two for me
Yours very truly
Ernest G. Brown.
James McN. Whistler Esq.
| [p. 2] | |
| 4 lith. | 8/ 8/- |
| 1 Balcony | 6/ 6/- |
| 1 Wheelwright | 8/ 8/- |
| 1 Dam Wood | 4/ 4/- |
| 1 Babies | 3/ 3/- |
| 1 Tow path | 2/ 2/- |
| 1 Dieppe | 2/ 2/- |
| 1 Battersea Dawn | 12/12/- |
| 1 Steps Amsterdam | 12/12/- |
| 2 Little Drawbridge | 21/ -/- |
| 2 Nocturne (Little) | 10/10/- |
| 1 Quiet Canal | 5/ 5/- |
| 1 Nocturne furnace | 5/ 5/- |
| 2 Upright Venice [injured?] | 8/ 8/- |
| 2 Little Venice | 10/10/- |
| 1 Riva No. 2[2] 6/ 6/- | 127/ -/- |
| 25. 8. 3 | |
| 101.12. 7 | |
| 82. 6. 5 | |
| 56. 5. 7 | |
| 240. 4. 7 | |
| 100 | |
| 140/ 4/ 7 |
| 4 Lith, 8/8/- 1 Colored 3/3/- | 11/11/- |
| 1 Smithy 10/10/- | 10/10/- |
| 2 fur tippet 12/12/- | 12/12/- |
| 1 fur cloak | 8/ 8/- |
| 1 The boy | 10/10/- |
| 1 Little Salute | 6/ 6/- |
| 2 Dry point indications | 2/ 2/- |
| 2 Whistler's mother | 2/ 2/- |
| 1 wool carder | 6/ 6/- |
| 1 Dyer[3] | 10/ 7/- |
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Notes:
1. Ernest George Brown
Ernest George Brown (1853 or 1854-1915), assistant manager at the Fine Art Society [more].
2. 1 Riva No. 2
The etchings listed are The Balcony (K.207), Wheelwright (K.233), The Dam Wood (K.145), Babies, Gray's Inn (K.298), The Towing-Path (K.254), A Sketch at Dieppe (K.246), Battersea: Dawn (K.155), Steps, Amsterdam (K.403), Little Drawbridge, Amsterdam (K.412), Little Nocturne, Amsterdam (K.414), Quiet Canal (K.214), Nocturne: Furnace (K.213), Upright Venice (K.205), Little Venice (K.183) and The Riva, No.2 (K.206).
3. 1 Dyer
The etchings listed are The Smithy (K.240), probably Maude, Standing (K.114), The Fur Cloak (K.332), The Boy (K.135), Little Salute (K.220), possibly Two slight sketches (K.120), Whistler's Mother (K.97), Wool-Carders (K.221) and The Dyer (K.219). These lists include etchings of exceptional rarity such as Whistler's Mother (K.97).