System Number: 02838
Date: [January 1879][1]
Author: Charles Augustus Howell[2]
Place: London
Recipient: [none]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler LB 12/7
Document Type: PD
"ARRANGEMENT IN GREY AND BLACK,"[3]
PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER'S MOTHER,
BY
JAMES A. McNEILL WHISTLER.
ENGRAVED IN PURE MEZZOTINT
BY
RICHARD JOSEY[4],
UNDER THE IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION OF THE PAINTER.
SIZE, 14 in. x 12½ IN.
[butterfly signature]
PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
SIGNED ARTIST'S PROOFS ... ... ... ... £3 3 0
LETTERED PROOFS ... ... ... ... 2 2 0
PRINTS ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 0
NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVED BY
CHARLES A. HOWELL,
CHALDON HOUSE, FULHAM, S. W.
[p. 2]
PLEASE ENTER MY NAME AS A SUBSCRIBER TO THE PORTRAIT OF MRS. WHISTLER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORM HERETO APPENDED, AS FILLED AND SIGNED BY ME.
| PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. | NUMBER OF COPIES. | NAME AND ADDRESS. |
| SIGNED ARTIST'S PROOFS ... £3 3 0 | ||
| LETTERED PROOFS ... £2 0 0 | ||
| PRINTS ... £1 1 0 |
DATE ...
TO...
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Notes:
1. [January 1879]
On 1 January 1879 J. A. Rose, using an earlier version of this form, subscribed for the engraving (Rose to C. A. Howell, #11902).
2. Charles Augustus Howell
Charles Augustus ('Owl') Howell (1840? - d.1890), entrepreneur [more].
3. ARRANGEMENT IN GREY AND BLACK,
After the Whistler v. Ruskin trial, A. Graves was arranging for the exhibition of Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Painter's Mother (YMSM 101) before it was returned for engraving to R. Josey (Graves to JW, 26 November 1878, #01798). On 1 May 1879 JW sold Howell the copyright, and at that time the portrait was still being engraved (#02835). The engraving was probably published by the end of 1879.
4. RICHARD JOSEY
Richard Josey (1840-1906), reproductive engraver [more].