System Number: 08868
Date: 1 January 1879
Author: James Anderson Rose[1]
Place: London
Recipient: Charles Augustus Howell[2]
Place: London
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection
Document Type: PD/ADS
"ARRANGEMENT IN BROWN AND BLACK,"[3]
PORTRAIT OF MISS ROSA CORDER,
BY
JAMES A. McNEILL WHISTLER.
ENGRAVED IN PURE MEZZOTINT
BY
RICHARD JOSEY[4],
UNDER THE IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION OF THE PAINTER.
SIZE, 16 in. x 7 1/2 IN. [BUTTERFLY SIGNATURE]
PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
SIGNED ARTIST'S PROOFS ... ... ... ... £3 3 0
LETTERED PROOFS ... ... ... ... 2 2 0
PRINTS ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 0
NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVED BY
CHARLES A. HOWELL,
CHALDON HOUSE, FULHAM, S.W.
[p. 2] Please enter my name as a Subscriber to the Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder in accordance with the form hereto appended as filled and signed by me.
| Price to Subscribers | Number of Copies | Name and address |
| Signed artist proof £3. 3. 0 | 2 | J. Anderson Rose |
| Lettered proof £2. 2. 0 | 11 Salisbury Street | |
| Prints £1 1 0 | Strand |
Date 1st Jan 1879
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Notes:
1. James Anderson Rose
James Anderson Rose (1819-1890), solicitor [more].
2. Charles Augustus Howell
Charles Augustus ('Owl') Howell (1840? - d.1890), entrepreneur [more].
3. ARRANGEMENT IN BROWN AND BLACK,
Howell organised subscriptions for an engraving of Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder (YMSM 203). On 1 May 1879 JW sold Howell the copyright, and at that time the portrait was still being engraved (#02835). This is a draft copy of the subscription form; the final document appears to date from 7/31 August 1879 (#11682). JW received the completed engraving when he was in Venice, and was a little disappointed with its quality (JW to Howell, 26 January 1880, #02860).
4. RICHARD JOSEY
Richard Josey (1840-1906), reproductive engraver [more]