System Number: 05045
Date: 23 July 1895
Author: Francis Gerard Prange[1]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: [Paris]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler P685
Document Type: ALS
23 / 7 / 95
[crown over circular crest with rose:] THE REFORM CLUB
Cher Maitre,
Your letter of the 21st[2] is duly to hand and I am glad to say that the eminent Musician[3] has arrived in perfect safety.
I have opened negotiations today and hope to be successful.
"A tantôt[4]"
When I was in Paris, I saw your Thompson [p. 2] correspondance[5] - but I mean to call upon him to see "la mine qu'il fait[6]"
We are all jubilant over the rout of the Radicals[7] - Truly the Lord has risen[8] upon them with a shout!
I hope that all goes well with your dear wife[9] & that Miss Phillips[10] is in person & effigy all you could wish her to be.
May the high Gods long preserve the cher Maitres eye & hand
his cordially
F G Prange
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Notes:
1. Francis Gerard Prange
Francis Gerard Prange (b. ca 1843), London art dealer [more].
3. Musician
Arrangement in Black: Portrait of Señor Pablo de Sarasate (YMSM 315).
4. A tantôt
Fr., now.
5. correspondance
David Croal Thomson (1855-1930), art dealer [more].
6. la mine qu'il fait
Fr., the expression he makes.
7. Radicals
In the general election of 1895, the Liberals suffered a defeat to the Conservatives, who gained a majority in the House of Commons of 152 members.
8. Lord has risen
Although the language is similar, this is not an actual Biblical quotation.
9. wife
Beatrix Whistler (1857-1896), née Beatrice Philip, artist [more].
10. Miss Phillips
Possibly Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958), JW's sister-in-law [more]. However, he may mean the newly wed Ethel Whibley (1861-1920), née Philip, JW's sister-in-law [more], who had been posing for several portraits, including Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian (YMSM 378).