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Record 27 of 51
System Number: 13617
Date: [15/30 November 1891][1]
Author: JW
Place: London
Recipient: Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac[2]
Place: [London]
Repository: Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Call Number: Nouv. Acq. Fr. 15288, f. 91
Document Type: ALS[3]
21, CHEYNE WALK,
CHELSEA.
14, Hill Street[4].
Montpelier Square, Brompton.
Voilà O grand Poète terrible!
l'adresse de l'autre qui a souferte [sic] -
70 séances[5]! quel affreux dossier!!-
Si vous êtes dans le voisinage de l'atelier Richards[6], Berners St, demain, allez voir the Pink Lady-Meux[7].
Quel beau temps pour votre promenade!-
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Translation:
Here it is Oh great and notorious poet! The address of the other who has suffered -
70 sittings! What an awful record!! -
If you are in the vicinity of the Richards studio, Berner St, tomorrow, go and see the Pink Lady-Meux.
What fine weather for your stroll! -
Notes:
1. [15/30 November 1891]
Dated from address and Montesquiou's known visit to London.
2. Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac
Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac (1855-1921), Symbolist writer and poet, and collector [more]. He was posing for Arrangement in Black and Gold: Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac (YMSM 398).
3. ALS
Published in Newton, Joy, La Chauve-Souris et le Papillon. Correspondance Montesquiou-Whistler, Glasgow, 1990, no. 65, pp. 123-24.
4. 14, Hill Street
Address of Janey Sevilla Campbell (ca 1846 - d.1923), née Callander, Lady Archibald Campbell [more].
5. 70 séances
JW was known to make merciless demands on the time and patience of his clients. Harmony in Grey and Green: Miss Cicely Alexander (YMSM 129) is said to have taken seventy sittings.
6. Richards
Stephen Richards (b. ca 1845), picture restorer [more].
7. Pink Lady-Meux
Harmony in Pink and Grey: Portrait of Lady Meux (YMSM 229).