System Number: 02370
Date: 9 January 1893
Author: Henry Irving[1]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: [Paris]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler I110
Document Type: ALS
'Sir Henry Irving[2]'
[embossed:] LYCEUM THEATRE.
9 Jany 1893
My dear Whistler
I am sorry to hear from Heinemann[3] that we have unwittingly infringed your Copyright regarding Philip[4] - It did not occur to me that as the picture had been purchased there were other rights than mine - Of course you understand that I should not willingly do anything which you did not wish in the matter and that I am much obliged for your permission of which Heinemann has told me. Are [p. 2] you really going to make your home in Paris - It seems a queer move does it not. I am sorry old friend I have not seen more of you of late but I hope that when you are next in London I may have the pleasure of seeing you some night at Supper in the Old Beefsteak[5] room -
Believe me
Yrs vry si[ncere]ly
Henry Irving:
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Notes:
1. Henry Irving
John Henry Brodribb alias Henry Irving (1838-1905), actor, Director and manager of the Lyceum Theatre [more].
2. Sir Henry Irving
Written in another hand, in pencil.
3. Heinemann
William Heinemann (1863-1920), publisher [more].
4. Philip
Arrangement in Black, No. 3: Sir Henry Irving as Philip II of Spain (YMSM 187). It is not known where the image had been reproduced.
5. Old Beefsteak
The Beefsteak Club, a private gentlemen's dining club, still in existence.