UNIVERSITY of GLASGOW

The Corresponence of James McNeil Whistler
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System Number: 07289
Date: [August 1897][1]
Author: H. Wunderlich and Co.[2]
Place: [New York]
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler W1277
Document Type: AD


  I[3]        '? 1897'[4]      
  Balance of etchings[5] on hand:      
1 Bunting 8 8. -
1 Baby Pettigrew 4. 4. -
1 Quai de Montebello      
1 Rochester Row 10. 10. -
2 Archway Brussels      
1 Bird cages - Drury Lane      
1 Wood's Fruit-shop - Chelsea 10. 10. -
1 The boy 10. 10. -
1 Railway arch 6 6. -
2 House of the Swan - Brussels 6. 6. -
1 Cameo #2      
1 Rue Rochefoucault 10. 10. -
1 Bird cages - Chelsea      
1 Doorway Sandwich      
2 Balcony - Amsterdam 12 12 -
1 Naval Review - Monitors - Visitors boat 10. 10. -
2 Railway station 6. 6. -
1 St. James Place 10. 10. -
2 Hotel window Bourges 3 3. -
1 Mairie Loches      
1 Rue des bons enfants - Tours      
1 Jubilee place Chelsea      
2 Marbles      
1 Buffalo Bill 6 6 -
2 Gray's Inn Place      
1 Naval Review - The fleet - evening 10 10. -
1 Alderney Street 6 6. -
1 Little furniture shop Maunders      
1 Charing Cross Bridge 6 6. -
1 Little Rag shop      
1 Resting by the stove      
1 Portsmouth children 7. 7. -
1 Steps Gray's Inn 6 6 -
2 Wheelwright 8. 8. -
1 Dordrecht 4. 4. -
1 York Street Westminster      

 

[p. 2][6]

1 The Swan      
1 Finette and destroyed imp.      
1 Rag shop - Milmans Row      
1 Nash's Fruit shop 6 6. -
1 Return to Tilbury - Naval review 6. 6. -
1 Houndsditch      
1 Chancellerie      
1 Clothes Exchange #1 12. 12. -
1 Little Maunders 4 4. -
1 Square House - Amsterdam      
1 Clothes Exchange #1 12. 12. -
1 Model stooping      
1 Abbey Jubilee Day 3 3. -
1 Church - Brussels 6 6 -
1 Baby - Gray's Inn 5 5. -
1 Barber Shop      
1 Dam Wood 4 4. -
1 Little Court      
1 Troopships 10 10. -
1 Turkeys 3. 3. -
1 Nut shop - Houndsditch      
1 Rag shop - Chelsea 6 6 -
1 Rennaissance [sic] Doorway      
2 Windows Bourges      
1 Monitors 10 10. -
1 Furniture shop - Chelsea 5 5. -
1 Clothes Exchange #1 12. 12 -
1 Dry Dock - Tilbury      
1 Little hat 6 6 -
2 Double Doorway - Sandwich      
1 Piccadilly 3. 3 -
1 Dipping the flag 8. 8 -
1 The Palace Brussels 12. 12 -
1 Landing stage - Cowes 7 7. -
1 The barrow - Brussels      
1 Naval Review      
1 Boulangerie      

 

[p. 3][7]

  II      
1 Doorway      
1 Regents Quadrant      
1 Model #3      
1 Place Daumont      
1 Mrs. Lenoir      
1 Scaffolding 10. 10. -
1 [portrait][8] Arch      
1 Lagoon - Noon      
1 Brussels [portrait]      
1 Binding the hair      
1 Market      
1 Gray's Inn      
1 Gold house      
1 Brussels [portrait]      
1 shop - St. James' Place      
1 Naval Review      
1 Woman & two children      
1 Fish market - Ostend      
1 Abrahams - Houndsditch      
1 Court yard Brussels      
1 Street - Brussels 4. 4. -
2 The Bucking Horse 10. 10. -
2 The orator - Wild West 6. 6 -
2 Cameo #1      
1 Theatre - Loches 3 3. -
1 Dieppe 2 2. -
1 Market Place - Loches      
1 Church Door      
1 Little Greengrocers shop 6. 6 -
2 Quay Ostend      
1 Melon shop - Houndsditch 8. 8. -
1 Glass furnace - Murano      
1 Chateau Touraine      
1 Hotel Loches      
1 Canal Holland      
1 Custom House      
1 Kings Road Chelsea 5. 5. -

 

[p. 4][9]

1 Butcher's shop - Sandwich      
1 Model standing      
1 Furnace destroyed plate      
2 St. Augustine at Tours      
1 Clock Tower Amboise      
1 Rennaissance Window Chienonceau [sic]      
2 Cellar Door? Hotel Tours      
1 " " I state      
1 Portrait of Delatre      
1 Arthur Seymour      
1 Little Arthur      
1 Two doorways      
1 Fruit stall      
1 Canal-Ostend      
2 Marbles      
1 Grand Place Brussels 12. 12. -
1 In the Park - London      
1 Bunting 8 8. -
1 Church door - Edgeware      
2 Quai de Montebello      
1 Brussels      
1 Gold House - (Grand Place)      
2 Seats Gray's Inn? 10. 10. -
1 Little Furniture shop - Chelsea      
1 Houndsditch      
1 Landing stage - Cowes Isle 7. 7. -
1 Melon shop - Houndsditch      
2 Gray's Inn      
1 Babies - Gray's Inn 5. 5. -
1 Hotel Blanche - Tours?      
1 Market Place Tours?      
1 Palace Brussels 12. 12 -
1 Hotel Windows - Bourges      
1 Butcher's Sandwich      
1 Birdcages Drury Lane      
1 Booth at a fair - France? 4. 4. -
1 After the sale      

 

[p. 5][10]

  III.      
2 Doorway Sandwich      
1 York Street Westminster      
1 Visitor's Boat - Naval Review 10 10. -
2 Railway Arch      
2 High Street Brussels 10 10. -
2 Rochester Row      
1 Portsmouth Children 7. 7 -
1 Steps - Gray's Inn      
1 Fishing Quay - Ostend 8. 8. -
1 St. James' Place - Houndsditch 10. 10. -
1 Bucking Horse 10. 10. -
1 Fleet Evening [portrait] 10. 10. -
1 Doorway - Touraine?      
1 J. H. Wood's Fruit-shop      
1 The little hat 6 6. -
1 Clothes Exchange #1 [portrait] 12. 12. -
1 Greedy baby      
1 The little Nurse 6. 6. -
1 St Martin's lane Ragshop      
2 Naval Review (Fleet Evg?) [landscape]      
1 Woods' fruit shop (St in Chelsea) [landscape]      
1 Buffalo Bill 6. 6 -
1 Bird cages - Chelsea      
1 Litho. Staircase #37      
1 Chienonceau[11] [sic] [landscape]      
3 Courtyard Rue P. L. Courier      
1 Street & tower [portrait]      
3 Street & booth [landscape]      
1 Barrow? [landscape]      
1 Children playing (Gray's Inn?) [landscape] 4 4 -
2 Booth (Market) [portrait] 6 6. -
1 G. W. Brett Gardiner (Street & children) [landscape] 6 6. -

 

[p. 6][12]

  List of etchings bought from lot received this summer '?1897'[13]      
1 Long House - Amsterdam 12. 12. -
1 The Steps do 12. 12. -
1 The Balcony do 12. 12. -
2 The Riva 6/6/.- 12. 12. -
1 Zaandam 10. 10. -
1 Square House Amsterdam 12. 12. -
1 Steps Gray's Inn 6. 6. -
1 Beggars 12. 12. -
1 Two Doorways 10. 10. -
1 Balcony - Venice 12. 12. -
1 Windsor 10. 10. -
1 Embroidered Curtain 12. 12. -
1 Pierrot 10. 10. -
1 do 12. 12. -
2 The Mill 10/10/.- 21. - -
2 The Bridge 10/10/.- 21 - -
1 The mast 5. 5. -
1 Long Lagoon 6. 6. -
1 Towing Path 2. 2. -
1 Salute Dawn 6. 6. -
2 San Giorgio 6/6/.- 12. 12. -
2 Long Venice 7/7/.- 14. 14. -
1 Hangman's Doorway 5. 5. -
2 Ramparts 5/5/.- 10. 10. -
1 San Biaggio [sic] 6. 6. -
1 Palaces - Venice 6. 6. -
    279. 6. -
  less 20% 55 17. 2
    £223. 8. 10

 


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Notes:

1.  [August 1897]
E. G. Kennedy's account for 24 September 1897 includes a remittance of £223.8.10 paid on 4 September 1897 (#07287). This was presumably in settlement of an account sent in August. There is a date note '?1897' at the top of p. 6.

2.  H. Wunderlich & Co.
New York art dealers.

3.  I
The numerals (I to III) at the tops of pp. 1, 3 and 5 represent sheet numbers, and have been added in red ink in another hand.

4.  '? 1897'
Added in pencil, in another hand.

5.  etchings
The works listed on p. 1 include Bunting (K.324); Baby Pettigrew (K.341); Quai de Montebello (K.417); Rochester Row (K.269); Archway, Brussels (K.366); Bird-Cages, Drury Lane (K.281); Woods's Fruit-Shop (K.265); The Boy (K.135); Railway-Arch (K.268); House of the Swan, Brussels (K.363); Cameo No.2 (K.348); Rue de la Rochefoucault (K.419); Bird-Cages, Chelsea (K.276); Doorway, Sandwich (K.307); Balcony, Amsterdam (K.405); Visitor's Boat (K.320); Railway-Station, Voves (K.371); St.James's Place, Houndsditch (K.290); Windows, Bourges (K.400); Mairie, Loches (K.382); Rue des Bons Enfants, Tours (K.372); Jubilee Place, Chelsea (K.274); Marbles (K.284); Wild West, Buffalo Bill (K.313); Gray's Inn Place (K.297); The Fleet: Evening (K.326); Alderney Street (K.238); Furniture-Shop (K.266) ; Charing Cross Railway Bridge (K.310); possibly Rag-Shop, Milman's Row (K.272); Resting by the Stove (K.338); Portsmouth Children (K.323); Steps, Gray's Inn (K.295); Wheelwright (K.233); Dordrecht (K.242); and York Street, Westminster (K.270).

6.  [p. 2]
The works listed on p. 2 include: 'The Swan', Chelsea (K.98a); Finette (K.58); Rag-Shop, Milman's Row (K.272); T.A.Nash's Fruit-Shop (K.263); Return to Tilbury (K.327); 'Houndsditch' is Cutler Street, Hounsditch (K.292), Melon-Shop, Hounsditch (K.293) or After the Sale, Hounsditch (K.294); Chancellerie, Loches (K.383); Clothes-Exchange, No.1 (K.287); Little Maunder's (K.279); Square House, Amsterdam (K.404); Clothes-Exchange, No.1 (K.287); Model Stooping (K.342); Abbey Jubilee (K.316); Church, Brussels (K.356); Babies, Gray's Inn (K.298); The Barber's (K.271); The Dam Wood (K.145); Little Court (K.236); Troop Ships (K.319); Turkeys (K.199); Nut-Shop, St.James's Place (K.291); 'Rag shop Chelsea' is possibly Rag-Shop, Milman's Row (K.272), Old-Clothes Shop, No.1 (K.257) or Old-Clothes Shop, No.2 (K.258); Renaissance Window, Loches (K.390); Windows, Bourges (K.400); Monitors (K.318); Furniture-Shop (K.266); Clothes-Exchange, No.1 (K.287); Dry-Dock, Southampton (K.322); The Little Hat (K.335); Double Doorway, Sandwich (K.306); A Fragment of Piccadilly (K.256); Dipping the Flag (K.325); Palaces, Brussels (K.361); possibly Ryde Pier (K.328); The Barrow, Brussels (K.357); 'Naval Review set', 1887 (K. 316-331) (excat 7); and 'Boulangerie' (unidentified).

7.  [p. 3]
The works listed on p. 3 include: possibly The Doorway (K.188); Regent's Quadrant (K.239); possibly The Fan (Model No.3) (K.345); Place Daumont (K.369); Miss Lenoir (K.334); Savoy Scaffolding (K.267); Railway-Arch (K.268); Lagoon: Noon (K.216); Brussels [portrait], one of the 'Belgian set', 1887 (K.349-367) (excat 8); Binding the Hair (K.344); Market, Calais (K.350) or Market-Place, Tours (K.374); 'Gray's Inn' is one of the 'East London Set' (K.283-302) (excat 18); Gold-House, Brussels (K.360); Brussels [portrait]; 'shop - St James' Place' is unidentified; Nut-Shop, St.James's Place (K.291); possibly 'Naval Review set', 1887 (K. 316-331) (excat 7); 'Woman & two children', possibly The Little Nurse (K.302); Fish-Market, Ostend (K.349); possibly Cutler Street, Hounsditch (K.292); Courtyard, Brussels (K.355); probably High Street, Brussels (K.358); The Bucking Horse (K.315); Wild West (K.314); Cameo No.1 (Mother and Child) (K.347); Theatre, Loches (K.387); A Sketch at Dieppe (K.246); Market-Place, Loches (K.388); Church Doorway, Edgemere (K.303); perhaps Fruitshop (K.259) or T.A.Nash's Fruit-Shop (K.263); Quai, Ostend (K.352); Melon-Shop, Hounsditch (K.293); Glass-Furnace, Murano (K.217); Chateau, Touraine (K.379); Hotel de la Promenade, Loches (K.391); 'Canal Holland' is unidentified; 'Custom House', probably Amsterdam from the Tolhuis (K.91); and King's Road, Chelsea (K.278).

8.  [portrait]
The author has drawn small boxes against some of the works to indicate the orientation of the print ('portrait' or 'landscape'). These boxes have been noted in the transcription as '[portrait]' and '[landscape]'.

9.  [p. 4]
The works listed on p. 4 include: Butcher's Shop, Sandwich (K.308); 'Model Standing', possibly The Fan (Model No.3) (K.345); Nocturne: Furnace (K.213);Court of the Monastery of St. Augustine, Bourges (K.398); Clock-Tower, Amboise (K.394); Renaissance Window, Loches (K.390); Cellar-Door, Tours (K.377); Auguste Delàtre (K.26); Seymour, Standing (K.6); Little Arthur (K.9); The Two Doorways (K.193); Fruit-Stall (K.200); Canal, Ostend (K.353); Marbles (K.284); Grand Place, Brussels (K.362); Greenwich Park (K.35) or Sketch in St.James's Park (K.255); Bunting (K.324); Church Doorway, Edgemere (K.303); Quai de Montebello (K.417); 'Brussels' is unidentified; Gold-House, Brussels (K.360) or Grand Place, Brussels (K.362); Seats, Gray's Inn (K.299) ; Furniture-Shop (K.266); perhaps Cutler Street, Hounsditch (K.292); Ryde Pier (K.328), Cowes, Isle of Wight; Melon-Shop, Hounsditch (K.293); perhaps Gray's Inn Place (K.297) or Doorway, Gray's Inn (K.300); Babies, Gray's Inn (K.298); Hotel Croix Blanche, Tours (K.373); Market-Place, Tours (K.374); Palaces, Brussels (K.361); Windows, Bourges (K.400) or Windows opposite hotel, Bourges (K.401); Butcher's Shop, Sandwich (K.308); Bird-Cages, Drury Lane (K.281); Booth at a fair (K.249); and After the Sale, Hounsditch (K.294).

10.  [p. 5]
The works listed on p. 5 include: Doorway, Sandwich (K.307); York Street, Westminster (K.270); Visitor's Boat (K.320); Railway-Arch (K.268); High Street, Brussels (K.358); Rochester Row (K.269); Portsmouth Children (K.323); Steps, Gray's Inn (K.295); Quai, Ostend (K.352); St.James's Place, Houndsditch (K.290);The Bucking Horse (K.315); The Fleet: Evening (K.326); Doorway, Touraine (K.381); Woods's Fruit-Shop (K.265); The Little Hat (K.335); Clothes-Exchange, No.1 (K.287); Gypsy Baby (Greedy Baby) (K.339); The Little Nurse (K.302); Rag-Shop, St.Martin's Lane (K.282); The Fleet: Evening (K.326); Woods's Fruit-Shop (K.265); Wild West, Buffalo Bill (K.313); Bird-Cages, Chelsea (K.276); Staircase (C.43); Chateau, Touraine (K.379); Courtyard, Rue P.L.Courier (K.368); perhaps Tour St.Antoine, Loches (K.392) or Clock-Tower, Amboise (K.394); possibly Booth at a fair (K.249); The Barrow, Brussels (K.357); Children, Gray's Inn (K.301); Booth at a fair (K.249); and ' G. W. Brett Gardiner (Street children) (unidentified).

11.  Chicnouceau
The lines from here to the foot of p. 5 have been added later in pencil.

12.  [p. 6]
The works listed on p. 6 include: Long House - Dyer's - Amsterdam (K.406); Steps, Amsterdam (K.403); Balcony, Amsterdam (K.405); probably The Riva, No.1 (K.192) or The Riva, No.2 (K.206); Zaandam (K.416); Square House, Amsterdam (K.404); Steps, Gray's Inn (K.295); The Beggars (K.194); The Two Doorways (K.193); The Balcony (K.207); Windsor (Memorial) (K.329); The Embroidered Curtain (K.410); Pierrot (K.407); The Mill (K.413); The Bridge (K.204); The Mast (K.195); Long Lagoon (K.203); The Towing-Path (K.254); La Salute: Dawn (K.215); San Giorgio (K.201); Long Venice (K.212); Hangman's House, Tours (K.376); Ramparts, Sandwich (K.309); San Biagio (K.197); and The Palaces (K.187).

13.  '?1897'
Added in pencil, in another hand.