System Number: 02707
Date: 11 August 1892
Author: JW
Place: Paris
Recipient: David Croal Thomson[1]
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler LB 1/35
Document Type: ALcS
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33 Rue de Tournon Paris.
Aug 11. 1892 -
Dear Sir -
Kindly have the portrait of Lady Archibald Campbell[2] - "La Dame au Brodequin Jaune" - packed and sent at once to
Alexander Reid[3] Esq.
227. West George Street.
Glasgow
I shall be writing to you in a day or two about various matters -
Very faithfully Yours
J McN. Whistler
D. C. Thomson Esq.
Over[4].
I wish you would send a line to Mr Grau[5] and make him bring you down the small frames that I had for the oil sketches[6] that were hanging in the dining room - five in all I believe - And will you kindly send them on to me through your house in your next case -
[butterfly signature]
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Notes:
1. David Croal Thomson
David Croal Thomson (1855-1930), art dealer [more].
2. Lady Archibald Campbell
Arrangement in Black: La Dame au brodequin jaune - Portrait of Lady Archibald Campbell (YMSM 242).
3. Alexander Reid
Alexander Reid (1854-1936), Glasgow dealer [more].
4. Over
Double underlined.
5. Mr Grau
Frederick H. Grau (d. 1894/1895), picture framer [more].
6. oil sketches
Five works from 'The Six Projects' (YMSM 82-87) (excat 11).