System Number: 07788
Date: [12 April 1894][1]
Author: JW
Place: [Paris]
Recipient: Joseph Pennell[2]
Place: London
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 272/3/7
Document Type: Postcard
I seize upon this strange & accidental post card[3] whose appearance cannot be accounted for to tell you that I am always meaning to write and thank you for lots of things -
[butterfly signature]
Are you coming over?
When? -
You were of course at the last N. O. dinner (Solferino)[4] - Did they get our telegram at the table?
[Why?] our book?
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Envelope:
[postcard:] CARTE POSTALE [...]
Monsieur Joseph Pennell14. Buckingham Street
Strand
London.
Angleterre.
[printed stamp:] POSTE / 10 / REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
[postmark:] PARIS 15 / R[UE] - DES SAINTS-PERES / 5E 12 / AVRIL / 94
Notes:
1. [12 April 1894]
Dated from postmark. Also '[1894, April 12]' appears written at the top of the postcard in an unknown hand.
2. Joseph Pennell
Joseph Pennell (1860-1926), printer and illustrator, JW's biographer [more].
3. strange & accidental post card
The card is very crumpled and torn at the edges, making the last line difficult to read.
4. the last N. O. dinner (Solferino)
A dinner for the newspaper National Observer. Solferino was a popular restaurant.