System Number: 09766
Date: [20 May 1897][1]
Author: JW
Place: Paris
Recipient: Edward Guthrie Kennedy[2]
Place: Paris
Repository: New York Public Library
Call Number: E. G. Kennedy II/100b
Credit Line: Edward Guthrie Kennedy Papers / Manuscripts and Archives Division / The New York Public Library / Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
Document Type: ALS[3]
110. Rue du Bac
My dear O K -
I called this morning as you will have seen from my card[4] -
There is no use proposing any thing at the studio in the morning - The sun comes in and the place is detestable -
In reality there is nothing there - for I have brought all that was left in the way of etchings [p. 2] and lithographs down here - But I shall have the black Spanish picture[5] there for you to look at, at the end of the week -
Suppose we say day after tomorrow at 5. o'clock -
I shall be going back to London as soon as possible - and meanwhile am worried with a law business with my landlord[6] - so I dont know how we can manage the Salon before Sunday morning -
Will that do? - You & I can arrange on Saturday -
Always, O.K!
[butterfly signature]
'Card left by Whistler May 20th - 1897. / See letter
E. G. K.'
M
ARRIVÉ LE...... 189......
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Envelope:
E. G. Kennedy. EsqHotel Terminus
Gare St Lazare
Paris
[stamp:] POSTE / 15 / REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE
[postmark:] PARIS-60 / R. DU BAC / 6E 20 / MAI / 97
Notes:
1. [20 May 1897]
Dated from the postmark. The date has also been noted in an unknown hand at the top of the envelope.
2. Edward Guthrie Kennedy
Edward Guthrie Kennedy (1849-1932), dealer with H. Wunderlich and Co., New York [more]. JW calls him O'K. An annotation in Kennedy's hand, 'Card left by Whistler ... E. G. K.' appears at the end of this letter.
3. ALS
Written on narrow bordered mourning paper.
4. card
The card referred to is probably #11511.
5. Spanish picture
Mother of Pearl and Silver: The Andalusian (YMSM 378).
6. landlord
André Thil (fl. 1877-1901), JW's landlord at 110 rue du Bac, Paris [more].