System Number: 07291
Date: 6 November 1897
Author: Edward Guthrie Kennedy[1]
Place: New York
Recipient: JW
Place: [Paris]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler W1279
Document Type: ADS
E. G. KENNEDY
G. DIETERLEN
H. WUNDERLICH & CO.
H W & CO.
RARE PRINTS
868 B'WAY N- Y-
Nov 6 1897
Pictures (paintings) bought by E. G. Kennedy, from J. McN. Whistler, at different times & not yet received.
4 full length portraits[2] of a lady (Mrs. Whibley[3])
1 Nude[4]
1 "Sparrow[5]"
There may be others, but this is all I remember now.
E. G. K.
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Notes:
1. Edward Guthrie Kennedy
Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932), dealer with H. Wunderlich and Co., New York [more]. See also Kennedy's account with JW dated 24 September 1897, #07287.
2. portraits
Kennedy found three full length portraits in JW's studio in July 1896, Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian (YMSM 378); Rose et or: La Tulipe (YMSM 418) and Harmony in Black: Portrait of Miss Ethel Philip (YMSM 419). The fourth may possibly have been Red and Black: The Fan (YMSM 388).
3. Mrs. Whibley
Ethel Whibley (1861-1920), née Philip, JW's sister-in-law [more].
4. Nude
Unidentified.
5. Sparrow
The Little London Sparrow (YMSM 477).