System Number: 01753
Date: [22/29 April 1886][1]
Author: JW
Place: [London]
Recipient: Edward William Godwin[2]
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler G119
Document Type: PD/Ms
MR WHISTLER REQUESTS THAT HE MAY HAVE THE HONOR OF THE COMPANY OF
Mr. Godwin & friend -
AT A PRIVATE VIEW OF
PAINTINGS - "VARIOUS"
"NOTES" - "HARMONIES" - "NOCTURNES"
THURSDAY APRIL 29TH
MESSRS DOWDESWELLS GALLERIES
133. NEW BOND ST.
TWO DOORS FROM THE GROSVENOR GALLERY
[butterfly signature]
"ARRANGEMENT IN BROWN AND GOLD[3]".
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Notes:
1. [22/29 April 1886]
This is an invitation card for the private view of 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886. Invitations were presumably sent in the week previous to 29 April 1886.
2. Edward William Godwin
Edward William Godwin (1833-1886), architect and designer [more].
3. ARRANGEMENT IN BROWN AND GOLD
JW's solo exhibition, 'Notes' - 'Harmonies' - 'Nocturnes', Second Series, Messrs Dowdeswell, London, 1886, featured 75 oils, watercolours, pastels and drawings and a catalogue designed by JW. The gallery was decorated in a scheme of brown and gold, the same colour in which the butterfly signature of this letter appears.