System Number: 05135
Date: 11 July 1892
Author: Alexander Reid[1]
Place: Glasgow
Recipient: JW
Place: [Paris]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler R34
Document Type: ALS
LA SOCIÉTÉ DES BEAUX-ARTS.
GLASGOW: 227 WEST GEORGE STREET
PARIS: 6 PLACE D'ANVERS.
11th July. 1892.
Dear Mr Whistler.
I expected to hear from you in reply to my last but suppose I must content my self without.
I have received the "Lithos" 15 in all for which find enclosed cheque for £26. 15. 6.
(15 @ £2. 2. 0. £31. 10. 0 less 15%. £4. 14. 6 being 26. 15. 6).
The new one you send I like very much & I have added it to my "permanent collection"
I am sorry you have sent 3 wrong ones[.] I wanted the figure with the Harp shape[2] & of which I inclose [sic] rough sketch [p. 2] you might kindly send them to me & I shall return the others either to Paris or London as you may request.
Trusting you are well & trusting to have the pleasure of seeing you soon.
with kind regards to yourself & Mrs Whistler[3].
Yours Sincerely
Alex Reid.
you can get my cheque cashed at
Jordaan Cohen & Wennick.
23 Boulevard des Italiens.
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Notes:
1. Alexander Reid
Alexander Reid (1854-1936), Glasgow dealer [more].
2. figure with the Harp shape
See JW's reply, #03227. The lithograph in question is unidentified.
3. Mrs Whistler
Beatrix Whistler (1857-1896), née Beatrice Philip, artist [more].