System Number: 07158
Date: 3 May 1888
Author: G. Dieterlen[1]
Place: New York
Recipient: JW
Place: London
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler W1146
Document Type: ALS
[scroll:] H. WUNDERLICH & CO.
H W & CO.
RARE PRINTS
868 B'WAY N- Y-
May 3rd 1888.
J. McN. Whistler Esqr
London.
Dear Sir
From the lot of etchings you kindly sent across we have kept 34 as per list I in payment of which we enclose draft on London for £323. 08/-·-
The remaining 27 impressions (list II) we have forwarded to R. Winans[2], Balto [i.e. Baltimore] as directed. -
[tick][3] Kindly acknowledge receipt of draft and much oblige
Yours very truly
H. Wunderlich & Co.
Dieterlen
[p. 2][4] J. McN. Whistler Esq May 3rd 1888. I. List of Etchings Kept[5] No. £ s d 1 Clothes Exchange #1 12 12 - 2 Little Sweet Shop 10 10 - 4 Flower Market - Brussels 10 10 - 6 St James Place - Houndsditch 10 10 - 7 High Street - Brussels 10 10 - 8 Wimpole Street 3 3 - 9 Cutler Street - Houndsditch 10 10 - 11 The Young Tree 6 6 - 13 Grande Place - Brussels 12 12 - 15 The Palace - Brussels 12 12 - 16 Battersea Bridge #3 10 10 - 17 The Beach - Ostende 5 5 - 21 Maunder's Fish Shop 8 8 - 23 Windsor Castle (Dry Point) 10 10 - 24 Little Nude Figure (1st state) 8 8 - 26 The Little Nurse - Grays Inn 6 6 - 27 The Barrow 12 12 - 28 Alderney Street 6 6 - 31 Charing Cross Bridge 6 6 - 32 Court Yard - Brussels 12 12 - 38 Doorway - Gray's Inn (first state) 10 10 - carried over £197 08 - [p. 3] Brought forward £197 08 - 39 Little Greengrocer's Shop - Chelsea 6 6 - 40 The Cottage Door 4 4 - 41 The Steps - Milman's Row 5 5 - 42 Petite Rue des Bouchers (first state) 10 10 - 47 Nocturne Salute (rare state) 21 - - 49 Grande Place (first state) 15 15 - 52 Dipping the Flag 8 8 - 53 Turret Ship 10 10 - 54 The Monitors 10 10 - 55 The Troopship 10 10 - 59 Return to Tilbury 6 6 - 60 Dry Docks - Southampton 6 6 - 62 Visitors Boat 10 10 - £323 08/ - '64[6] 13 7 4 5 68 5)323.8 64.13. 7. 6.4.13.7 5 323. 6. 1' [p. 4] J. McN. Whistler Esqr May 3rd 1888. II. List of Etchings forwarded[7] to Mr Ross Winans 1217 St Paul St. Balto Md. No. £ s d 3 Nath's [sic] Fruit Shop 6 6 - 5 Fish Woman - Brussels 6 6 - 10 Scaffolding 10 10 - 12 The Baby - Gray's Inn 5 5 - 14 Fishing Quay - Ostende 8 8 - 18 The Gipsy Baby 5 5 - 19 Doorway Rent 6 6 - 20 The Park 3 3 - 22 The Little Hat 6 6 - 25 Railway Arch - City 8 8 - 29 The Furniture Shop 5 5 - 30 Dray Horse - Paris 4 4 - 33 Kings Road - Chelsea 5 5 - 34 Palais Royal 5 5 - 35 Booth at a Fair 4 4 - 36 Buffalo Bill No. 3 6 6 - 37 Buffalo Bill No. 2 Bucking Horse 10 10 - 43 Petticoat Lane No. 1 7 7 - 44 The Long Seats - Gray's Inn 10 10 - Carried over £124 79 - [p. 5] Brought forward £124 19 - 45 The Little Rag Shop - Chelsea 6 6 - 46 Little Maunders (first state) 4 4 - 50 Market - Brussels 5 5 - 51 Children Portsmouth 7 7 - 56 Bunting 8 8 - 57 Tilbury 7 7 - 58 Evening 10 10 - 61 Landing Stage - Cowes 7 7 - £181 13/ -
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Notes:
1. G. Dieterlen
G. Dieterlen, employee at H. Wunderlich and Co., New York.
2. R. Winans
Ross Revillon Winans (1851-1912), son of C. and T. De K. Winans [more]. JW sent a list of 61 etchings (see E. G. Kennedy to JW, #07155). The subjects included Wild West, Buffalo Bill (K.313), Queen Victoria's Jubilee Naval Review and streetscapes of London, Brussels and Ostend. See also #07156, #07157, #13051.
3. [tick]
Added in pencil.
4. [p. 2]
The printed address is repeated at the top of pp. 2 and 4.
5. List of Etchings Kept
The etchings can be identified as Clothes-Exchange, No.1 (K.287); Village Sweet-shop (K.251); Flower-Market, Brussels (K.359); St.James's Place, Houndsditch (K.290); High Street, Brussels (K.358); Hansom Cab (Wimpole Street) (K.286); Cutler Street, Hounsditch (K.292); The Young Tree (K.296); Grand Place, Brussels (K.362); Palaces, Brussels (K.361); Sketch of Battersea Bridge (K.311); The Beach, Ostend (K.354); Little Maunder's (K.279); possibly Windsor, No.2 (K.330); Little Nude Figure (K.340); The Little Nurse (K.302); The Barrow, Brussels (K.357); Alderney Street (K.238); Charing Cross Railway Bridge (K.310); Courtyard, Brussels (K.355); Doorway, Gray's Inn (K.300). On p. 3 are listed, either Fruitshop (K.259) or T.A.Nash's Fruit-Shop (K.263) or Woods's Fruit-Shop (K.265); Cottage Door (K.250); 'The Steps: Milman's Row' may be Steps, Gray's Inn (K.295) or Rag-Shop, Milman's Row (K.272); 'Petite rue des Bouchers' may be Little Butter Street, Brussels (K.367); Nocturne: Salute (K.226); Grand Place, Brussels (K.362); Dipping the Flag (K.325); The Turret Ship (K.321); Monitors (K.318); Troop Ships (K.319); Return to Tilbury (K.327); Dry-Dock, Southampton (K.322); and Visitor's Boat (K.320).
6. 64
The sums at the foot of p. 3 are written by JW in pencil.
7. List of Etchings forwarded
T.A.Nash's Fruit-Shop (K.263); 'Fish-Woman - Brussels' is unidentified (it could possibly be Fish-Market, Ostend (K.349)); Savoy Scaffolding (K.267); Babies, Gray's Inn (K.298); probably Quai, Ostend (K.352); Gypsy Baby (Greedy Baby) (K.339); 'Doorway Rent' has not been identified; 'The Park' may possibly beChildren, Gray's Inn (K.301)); The Little Hat (K.335); Railway-Arch (K.268); Furniture-Shop (K.266); Dray-Horse, Paris (K.247); King's Road, Chelsea (K.278); A Corner of the Palais Royale (K.248); Booth at a fair (K.249); Wild West, Buffalo Bill (K.313); The Bucking Horse (K.315); Petticoat Lane (K.285); Seats, Gray's Inn (K.299); Rag-Shop, St.Martin's Lane (K.282); Little Maunder's (K.279); Flower-Market, Brussels (K.359); Portsmouth Children (K.323); Bunting (K.324); Tilbury (K.317); The Fleet: Evening (K.326); The 'Landing Stage - Cowes' is unidentified (possibly a mistake for Ryde Pier (K.328)).