System Number: 08210
Date: [1/8 April 1892][1]
Author: JW
Place: [Paris]
Recipient: David Croal Thomson[2]
Place: [London]
Repository: Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
Call Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC
Document Type: A/PD[3]
NOCTURNES, MARINES, &
CHEVALET PIECES.[4]
[BUTTERFLY SIGNATURE]
J. McNEILL WHISTLER,
CHELSEA.
1.-NOCTURNE[5]
GREY AND SILVER - CHELSEA EMBANKMENT - WINTER
Borrow for Münich[6]
2.-SYMPHONY IN WHITE[7], NO. III
Borrow for Paris[8]
3.-CHELSEA[9] IN ICE
Borrow for Münich
4.-NOCTURNE[10]
BLUE AND GOLD - OLD BATTERSEA BRIDGE
Borrow for Münich
5.-THE LANGE LEIZEN[11]-OF THE SIX MARKS
PURPLE AND ROSE
Return after photographing!
6.-NOCTURNE[12]
TRAFALGAR SQUARE - SNOW
Borrow for Münich
7.-NOCTURNE - BLACK AND GOLD[13]
THE FIRE WHEEL
Keep -
8.-ARRANGEMENT[14] IN BLACK AND BROWN
THE FUR JACKET
Send to Münich
9.-NOCTURNE
BLUE AND SILVER[15]
Borrow for Paris.
10.-NOCTURNE.
IN BLACK AND GOLD - THE FALLING ROCKET[16]
Keep - for sale -
11.-NOCTURNE. - OPAL AND SILVER[17]
Return -
12.-HARMONY IN GREEN AND ROSE
THE MUSIC ROOM[18]
Keep until further notice -
13.-CREPUSCULE[19] IN FLESH COLOUR AND GREEN
VALPARAISO
Return
14.-CAPRICE[20] IN PURPLE AND GOLD
THE GOLD SCREEN
Borrow for Paris
15.-SYMPHONY[21] IN GREY AND GREEN
THE OCEAN
Borrow for Paris -
16.-NOCTURNE
GREY AND GOLD - CHELSEA SNOW[22]
Borrow for Paris
17.-NOCTURNE[23]
BLUE AND SILVER - BATTERSEA REACH
Richards[24] ought to put right - & then borrow for Münich.
18.-NOCTURNE
BLUE AND SILVER - CHELSEA[25]
Borrow for Münich
19.-NOCTURNE
GREY AND GOLD - WESTMINSTER BRIDGE[26]
Return
20.-NOCTURNE
BLUE AND GOLD - SOUTHAMPTON WATER[27]
Borrow for Münich
21.-BLUE AND SILVER[28]
BLUE WAVE - BIARRITZ
Borrow for Paris
22.-ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK AND BROWN[29].
MISS ROSA CORDER
Return
23.-"HARMONY IN GREY AND GREEN[30]"
PORTRAIT OF MISS ALEXANDER
Return
24.-NOCTURNE
BLUE AND SILVER - BOGNOR[31]
Borrow for Paris
25.-NOCTURNE
BATTERSEA REACH[32]
Return
26.-BLUE AND GOLD[33]
CHANNEL
Borrow for Paris Münich
27.-PINK AND GREY[34]
CHELSEA
Return
28.-NOCTURNE
BLUE AND GOLD - VALPARAISO[35]
Borrow for Münich. if it has not already been there - of this am not sure -
29.-GREEN AND GREY[36]
THE OYSTER SMACKS-EVENING
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30.-GREY AND BLACK[37]
SKETCH
31.-BROWN AND SILVER[38]
OLD BATTERSEA BRIDGE
Borrow for Münich
32.-NOCTURNE
BLACK AND GOLD[39]
Let Richards clean very delicately, & varnish - & keep until further notice
33.-SYMPHONY IN WHITE, NO. II.
THE LITTLE WHITE GIRL[40]
Borrow for Paris
34.-NOCTURNE
BLUE AND SILVER - CREMORNE LIGHTS[41]
Borrow for Münich
35.-GREY AND SILVER
CHELSEA WHARF[42]
Borrow for Münich
36.-GREY AND SILVER
OLD BATTERSEA REACH[43]
Return -
37.-BLUE AND SILVER[44]
38.-NOCTURNE
BLUE AND GOLD - ST. MARK'S, VENICE[45]
Return at once or rather borrow for Champs de Mars
39.-CREPUSCLE[46] [sic] IN OPAL
Borrow for Münich
40.-HARMONY IN FLESH COLOUR AND GREEN
THE BALCONY[47]
Borrow for Münich
41.-ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK[48]
LA DAME AU BRODEQUIN JAUNE
Keep
42.-ARRANGEMENT IN GREY AND BLACK[49]
THOMAS CARLYLE
The Bavarian Government have written to Glasgow to borrow this - I suppose you will hear -
43.-HARMONY IN PINK AND GREY[50]
PORTRAIT OF LADY MEUX
Send on at once to Boulevard Paris for the Champs de Mars.
44.-ARRANGEMENT IN GREY AND BLACK
PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER'S MOTHER[51]
PHOTOGRAPH OF PICTURE
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Notes:
1. [1/8 April 1892]
This is an annotated catalogue and must date from shortly before the closure of JW's show, Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces, Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Goupil Gallery, London, 1892, in April.
2. David Croal Thomson
David Croal Thomson (1855-1930), art dealer [more].
3. A/PD
The document is a printed catalogue, with annotations added by JW: only the annotations and picture titles (rather than the full printed text) have been transcribed here.
4. CHEVALET PIECES.
Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces, Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Goupil Gallery, London, 1892.
5. NOCTURNE
Nocturne: Grey and Silver - Chelsea Embankment, Winter (YMSM 205).
6. Munich
6th Internationale Kunst-Austellung, Munich, 1892.
7. SYMPHONY IN WHITE
Symphony in White, No. 3 (YMSM 61).
8. Paris
2nd Exhibition, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1892.
9. CHELSEA
Chelsea in Ice (YMSM 53).
10. NOCTURNE
Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Old Battersea Bridge (YMSM 140).
11. LANGE LEIZEN
Purple and Rose: The Lange Leizen of the Six Marks (YMSM 47).
12. NOCTURNE
Nocturne: Trafalgar Square - Snow (YMSM 173).
13. BLACK AND GOLD
Nocturne: Black and Gold - The Fire Wheel (YMSM 169).
14. ARRANGEMENT
Arrangement in Black and Brown: The Fur Jacket (YMSM 181).
15. BLUE AND SILVER
Nocturne in Blue and Silver (YMSM 113).
16. FALLING ROCKET
Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (YMSM 170).
17. OPAL AND SILVER
Nocturne: Silver and Opal - Chelsea (YMSM 309).
18. MUSIC ROOM
Harmony in Green and Rose: The Music Room (YMSM 34).
19. CREPUSCULE
Crepuscule in Flesh Colour and Green: Valparaiso (YMSM 73).
20. CAPRICE
Caprice in Purple and Gold: The Golden Screen (YMSM 60).
21. SYMPHONY
Symphony in Grey and Green: The Ocean (YMSM 72).
22. CHELSEA SNOW
Nocturne: Grey and Gold - Chelsea Snow (YMSM 174).
23. NOCTURNE
Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Battersea Reach (YMSM 119).
24. Richards
Stephen Richards (b. ca 1845), picture restorer [more].
25. CHELSEA
Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Chelsea (YMSM 103).
26. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
Nocturne: Grey and Gold - Westminster Bridge (YMSM 145).
27. SOUTHAMPTON WATER
Nocturne: Blue and Gold - Southampton Water (YMSM 117).
28. BLUE AND SILVER
Blue and Silver: Blue Wave, Biarritz (YMSM 41).
29. BLACK AND BROWN
Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder (YMSM 203).
30. GREY AND GREEN
Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander (YMSM 129)
31. BOGNOR
Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Bognor (YMSM 100).
32. BATTERSEA REACH
Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Battersea Reach (YMSM 152).
33. BLUE AND GOLD
Blue and Gold: Channel (YMSM 159).
34. PINK AND GREY
Variations in Pink and Grey: Chelsea (YMSM 105).
35. VALPARAISO
Nocturne in Blue and Gold: Valparaiso Bay (YMSM 76).
36. GREEN AND GREY
Green and Grey: The Oyster Smacks, Evening (YMSM 99).
37. GREY AND BLACK
Not identified.
38. BROWN AND SILVER
Brown and Silver: Old Battersea Bridge (YMSM 33).
39. BLACK AND GOLD
Possibly Nocturne in Black and Gold: Entrance to Southampton Water (YMSM 179).
40. LITTLE WHITE GIRL
Symphony in White, No. 2: The Little White Girl (YMSM 52).
41. CREMORNE LIGHTS
Nocturne: Blue and Silver - Cremorne Lights (YMSM 115).
42. CHELSEA WHARF
Grey and Silver: Chelsea Wharf (YMSM 54).
43. OLD BATTERSEA REACH
Grey and Silver: Old Battersea Reach (YMSM 46).
44. BLUE AND SILVER
Blue and Silver (YMSM 340).
45. ST. MARK'S, VENICE
Nocturne: Blue and Gold - St Mark's, Venice (YMSM 213).
46. CREPUSCLE
Crepuscule in Opal: Trouville (YMSM 67).
47. THE BALCONY
Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony (YMSM 56).
48. ARRANGEMENT IN BLACK
Arrangement in Black: La Dame au brodequin jaune - Portrait of Lady Archibald Campbell (YMSM 242).
49. ARRANGEMENT IN GREY AND BLACK
Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle (YMSM 137).
50. HARMONY IN PINK AND GREY
Harmony in Pink and Grey: Portrait of Lady Meux (YMSM 229).
51. PORTRAIT OF THE PAINTER'S MOTHER
Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Painter's Mother (YMSM 101).