System Number: 01371
Date: [16/23 November 1901][1]
Author: Fine Art Society[2]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler F303
Document Type: MsD
BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT
[Royal coat of arms]
TO H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
FIRST SPECIAL AWARD / CHICAGO / EXHIBITION, 1893.
MELBOURNE, 1880. / SYDNEY, 1879. / VIENNA, 1883.
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: / "FINART, LONDON."
TELEPHONE / 3767. [...]
THE FINE ART SOCIETY,
LIMD.
148, NEW BOND ST
W.
18___
Required
24 proof The Beggars [3]
16 " The Doorway [4]
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Notes:
1. [16/23 November 1901]
Dated from M. B. Huish's related letter to JW, 15 November 1901, #01370.
2. Fine Art Society
Printsellers and publishers.
3. The Beggars
The Beggars (K.194).
4. The Doorway
The Doorway (K.188). Both etchings are from Mr Whistler's Etchings of Venice, 1880 (the first 'Venice Set') (K. 183-189, 191-195). (excat 5). JW never completed the printing of these Venice etchings (see MacDonald, Margaret F., Palaces in the Night Whistler in Venice, Aldershot, 2001, pp. 130-31).