System Number: 02400
Date: 11 May [1896][1]
Author: Francis Edward James[2]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler J21
Document Type: ALS
25 Dover Street
May 11.
My dear Whistler
I cannot express my feeling of sorrow for you & real sympathy with you in your grief that you are suffering
For I was one of those privileged [p. 2] to know Mrs Whistler[3] & understand her value & charm -
If I write clumsily forgive me - & accept my deep sympathy. I only arrived in England late last night from Italy -
Your very sincere friend -
Francis E. James
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Notes:
1. 11 May [1896]
Dated from Mrs Whistler's death; she died on 10 May 1896.
2. Francis Edward James
Francis Edward James (1849-1920), landscape painter [more].
3. Mrs Whistler
Beatrix Whistler (1857-1896), née Beatrice Philip, artist [more].