System Number: 12991
Date: [9 August 1883][1]
Author: JW
Place: [London]
Recipient: The Fine Art Society[2]
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler NB 1/5
Document Type: ADS[3]
| 1883 - | The Fine Art Society - | |||
| Jan. | 25 | One proof[4]. Nocturne Riva[5] - | 1.} | |
| Feb. | 24. | one proof. The Doorway - delivered to Lady Clementina Mitford[6]. | 1.} | |
| March | 21 ? | one proof - Riva Nocturne - (changed from frame) | 1.} | payed [sic] Aug 9 |
| April | 7 | two proofs - The Doorway | 2.} | |
| April | 7 | one proof - Nocturne Riva | 1.} | |
| April | 9. | Three proofs - Upright Venice - | 3. | |
| " | one " The Two doorways - | 1.} | payed Aug 9 | |
| " | " " The little Lagoon - | 1.} | ||
| " | " " The Rialto - | 1. | ||
| " | " " The Traghetto - | 1.} | ||
| " | " " The Nocturne Riva | 1.} | payed Aug 9 | |
| " | Two " The Little Venice | 2.} | ||
| " | one " The Riva - | 1.} | ||
| " | " " Salute Dawn - | 1. | ||
| " | " " The little Salute - | 1. | ||
| " | " " The Dyer. | 1. | ||
| " | " " The Beggars - | 1.} | ||
| 18th | Two " The Two Doorways | 2.} | payed Aug 9 | |
| one " The Traghetto - | 1.} | |||
| " " Upright Venice - | 1. | |||
| " " The Palaces - | 1.} | |||
| June | 18. | Four proofs - The Doorway - | 4.} | |
| July | 13. | Ten proofs Nocturne Riva - | 10 } | payed Aug 9. |
| Three " The Doorway - | 3 } | |||
| One proof - The Palaces - | 1 } | |||
| [p. 2] | J A McN. Whistler | |||||
| July | 16. | Two proofs. The Traghetto | 2. | |||
| Two " The Doorway - | 2 | |||||
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| One " The two Doorways | 1 | |||||
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| July | 16 - | Sixty Proofs printed - | 60 | £26. | 5. | 0 |
| payed Aug 9 | ||||||
| July | 16. | Received proofs as per above for F. A. S. R J Dewar[7] | ||||
| July | 20. | Twelve proofs - "The Little Lagoon" - | 12 - | |||
| One proof Quiet Canal - | 1 | |||||
| Received for Fine Art Society | ||||||
| P. Hewett[8] July 21 / 83 | ||||||
| Aug | 1st | Twelve proofs - "The two Doorways -" | 12. | |||
| Recieved [sic] for Fine Art Society - C H Richardson[9] Aug 1. 83. | ||||||
| Aug | 8th | Two proofs. The Riva - | 2} | |||
| Two " The little Venice - | 2.} | |||||
| Two " The Two Doorways | 2.} | payed Aug 9. | ||||
| One proof - The Mast - | 1} | |||||
| One proof - The little Mast - | 1} | |||||
| Received for The Fine Art Society - | A. H. Dunn[10] | 8. 8. 83 | ||||
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Notes:
1. [9 August 1883]
The list dates from 25 January to 9 August 1883, but presumably reflects the settlement of JW's account on the latter date.
2. The Fine Art Society
Firm of dealers and printsellers who published Mr Whistler's Etchings of Venice, 1880 (the first 'Venice Set') (K. 183-189, 191-195). (excat 5).
3. ADS
This list records the sale of etchings, chiefly from Mr Whistler's Etchings of Venice, 1880 (the first 'Venice Set') (K. 183-189, 191-195). (excat 5). The two pages are facing one another in a ledger.
4. One proof
Most of the items in this column (on both pages) have either a line or cross drawn through them, by JW, in red ink. Other aspects of the list are in red ink, including the words 'payed Aug 9' in the far right column, and the entry on p. 2 for 'July 16 - ... £26. 5 - 0'.
5. Nocturne Riva
The etchings recorded in this document are as follows: The Riva, No.1 (K.192); The Doorway (K.188); Upright Venice (K.205); The Two Doorways (K.193); The Little Lagoon (K.186); The Rialto (K.211); The Traghetto, No.2 (K.191); La Salute: Dawn (K.215); Little Salute (K.220); The Dyer (K.219); The Beggars (K.194); The Palaces (K.187); The Mast (K.195); The Little Mast (K.185) and Quiet Canal (K.214).
6. Lady Clementina Mitford
Clementine Gertrude Helen Mitford (1854-1932), née Ogilvy, wife of the 1st Baron Redesdale [more].
7. R J Dewar
R. J. Dewar, employee of the Fine Art Society.
8. P. Hewett
P. Hewett, employee of the Fine Art Society.
9. C H Richardson
C. H. Richardson, employee of Fine Art Society.
10. A. H. Dunn
A. Homeyer Dunn, employee of the Fine Art Society.