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Record 5 of 76
System Number: 01210
Date: 27 March 1889
Author: Ernest George Brown[1]
Place: [London]
Recipient: JW
Place: [Paris]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler F142
Document Type: MsD
(Mr Brown.) The Fine Art Society
March 27. 89
To J. McNeill Whistler
- 1 Courtyard[2] rue P. L. Courier 'Tours' 8 - 8 - 0 [tick] - 2 Marie [sic] - Loches 12 -12 - 0 [tick] - 3 Tower St Antoine 6 - 6 - 0 [tick] - 4 Theatre Loches (first state) 5 - 5 - 0 [tick] - 5 Hotel de la Promenade 4 - 4 - 0 [tick] - 6 Clock Tower d'Amboise 8 - 8 - 0 [tick] - 7 Market Place - Loches 8 - 8 - 0 [tick] - 8 Chateau Bridorez 6 - 6 - 0 [tick] - 9 Hotel dela[3]Ville - Loches 12 -12 - 0 [tick] -10 Rue des Bons Enfants - Tours (1st state) 7 - 7 - 0 [tick] -11 Hotel Croix Blanche. Tours. 8 - 8 - 0 [tick] -12 Notre Dame, Bourges 10 -10 - 0 [tick] -13 Chateau d'Amboise '1st State'[4] 6 - 6 - 0 [tick] -14 Gateway, Chartreux near Loches (1st state)5 - 5 - 0 [tick] -15 Little Market Place. Tours. 6 - 6 - 0 [tick] -16 Hangman's House, (Tristan) 8 - 8 - 0 [tick] -17 The Doorway Stables - Loches (1st state) 8 - 8 - 0 [tick] Lithograph[5]- Little Dancing Girl[6] 1 - 1 - 0 -18 Little Hat[7] 6 - 6 - 0 [tick] -19 Doorway Gray's Inn 10 -10 - 0 [tick] -20 Barber's Shop Chelsea 12 -12 - 0 [tick] -21 Battersea Bridge No 3 6 - 6 - 0 [tick] -22 Beach - Ostende56[8]-56[9]- 0 [tick] -23[10]'Windows opposite Hotel - Bourge(1st State)6 - 6 - 0 [tick] -24 Market Women, Loches - (1st State) 6 - 6 - 0'[tick] 187 -19 - 0 20% 37 -11 - 9 150 - 7 - 3 5920)187 - 19 - 0 [11] 4 5) 187 - 19 - 0 20% 37 - 11 - 9 5+3 187. 19.50 105[12] 189 19 110- 5 77 -14 3 - 14[13] 74 77 -
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Notes:
1. Ernest George Brown
Ernest George Brown (1853 or 1854-1915), assistant manager at the Fine Art Society [more]. The account was written by Charles James Whistler Hanson (1870-1935), engineer, son of JW and Louisa Fanny Hanson [more], with some additions ('Windows ... (1st State) 6 - 6 - 0') by JW.
2. Courtyard
The prints numbered 1-17 are mostly recent etchings done on JW's honeymoon in France: Courtyard, Rue P.L.Courier (K.368), Mairie, Loches (K.382), Tour St.Antoine, Loches (K.392), Theatre, Loches (K.387), Hotel de la Promenade, Loches (K.391), Clock-Tower, Amboise (K.394), Market-Place, Loches (K.388), Chateau Bridorez (K.378), Hotel de Ville, Loches (K.384), Rue des Bons Enfants, Tours (K.372), Hotel Croix Blanche, Tours (K.373), Notre Dame, Bourges (K.402), Chateau Amboise (K.393), Gateway, Chartreux (K.396), Little Market-Place, Tours (K.375), Hangman's House, Tours (K.376), and possibly Doorway, Touraine (K.381).
3. la
Crossed through in pencil.
4. 1st State
Added in pencil.
5. Lithograph
A line indicates that the lithograph, possibly The Dancing Girl (C.29), was to be moved to the end of the list.
6. Little Dancing Girl
Possibly The Dancing Girl (C.29).
7. Little Hat
The numbering resumes with 18, comprising etchings dating from within the previous two years: The Little Hat (K.335), Doorway, Gray's Inn (K.300), The Barber's (K.271), Sketch of Battersea Bridge (K.311), The Beach, Ostend (K.354), Windows opposite hotel, Bourges (K.401) and Market-Women, Loches (K.386).
8. 6
Corrected in pencil.
9. 6
Corrected in pencil.
10. 23
Up until this point, the document was written in black ink; from here onwards it is written in pencil. All the ticks on the right of the page are also in pencil.
11. 187 - 19 - 0
These calculations indicate the total price of the prints.
12. 105
These numbers are written at right angles to the text, in the left margin.
13. 3 - 14
These numbers are written at right angles to the text, in the right margin.