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System Number: 13027
Date: 10 February 1888
Author: JW
Place: [London]
Recipient: Messrs Dowdeswell and Dowdeswells[1]
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler NB 1/37/1
Document Type: MsD


37[2]   Messrs Dowdeswell & Dowdeswells      
1888 Guineas   proofs      
Feb 10 12 The Palaces Brussels[3]  2 25 4 0
  12 Barrow 2 25 4 "
  10 Cutler Street 1 10 10 "
  10 Battersea Bridge No. 3 2 21 0 "
  10 St James Place 1 10 10 "
  6 Milman Row. The Steps 2 12 12 "
  12 Cock & Pump 1 12 12 "
  10 Fleur des Lis Passage 2 21 0 "
  8 Railway Arch 1 8 8 "
  8 Church, Brussels 1 8 8 "
  12 Grande Place 2 25 4 "
  12 Court Yard Brussels 1 12 12 "
  6 Market Place Bruges 2 12 12 "
  12 Clothes Exchange No. 1 3 37 16 "
  10 High Street Brussels 1 10 10 "
  6 Salvation Army 2 12 12
        266 14 0
    20% discount   53
      £ 213[4]
    Received by bill at three months £213- 7- 3        
    Received also discount on same by cheque £2- 13- 4        

 


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Notes:

1.  Messrs Dowdeswell and Dowdeswells
Art dealers and printsellers.

2.  MsD
Written in the hand of Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935), engineer, son of JW and Louisa Fanny Hanson [more].

3.  37
Printed in the top left corner of the ledger page.

4.  The Palaces Brussels ... Salvation Army
This records the sale of etchings, mostly executed the previous year. JW worked in Brussels during the autumn of 1887. The etchings were Palaces, Brussels (K.361); The Barrow, Brussels (K.357); Cutler Street, Hounsditch (K.292); probably Sketch of Battersea Bridge (K.311); St.James's Place, Houndsditch (K.290); probably Rag-Shop, Milman's Row (K.272); The Cock and the Pump (K.304); Fleur De Lys Passage (K.289); Railway-Arch (K.268); Church, Brussels (K.356); Grand Place, Brussels (K.362); Courtyard, Brussels (K.355); Market-Place, Bruges (K.351); Clothes-Exchange, No.1 (K.287); High Street, Brussels (K.358); and Salvation Army, Sandwich (K.305).

5.  213 7 3
The total is double underlined.