Documents associated with: mezzotint
Record 4 of 18
System Number: 02785
Date: [July 1878?][1]
Author: Charles Augustus Howell[2]
Place: London
Recipient: [none]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler LB 11/61
Document Type: PD
PORTRAIT OF THOMAS CARLYLE,[3]
FROM THE ORIGINAL FULL-LENGTH LIFE-SIZE PICTURE
BY
JAMES A. McNEILL WHISTLER.
ENGRAVED IN PURE MEZZOTINT
BY
RICHARD JOSEY[4],
UNDER THE IMMEDIATE SUPERVISION OF THE PAINTER.
SIZE, 14 IN. x 12 IN.
[butterfly signature]
| PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. | |
| SIGNED ARTIST'S PROOFS ... ... ... | £3 3 0 |
| LETTERED PROOFS ... ... ... ... | 2 2 0 |
| PRINTS ... ... ... ... ... | 1 1 0 |
NAMES OF SUBSCRIBERS RECEIVED BY
CHARLES A. HOWELL,
CHALDON HOUSE, FULHAM, S. W.
[printed butterfly signature, upsidedown]
[p. 2] PLEASE ENTER MY NAME AS A SUBSCRIBER TO THE PORTRAIT OF THOMAS CARLYLE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FORM HERETO APPENDED, AS FILLED AND SIGNED BY ME.
| PRICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. | NUMBER OF COPIES. | NAME AND ADDRESS. |
| SIGNED ARTIST'S PROOFS ... £3 3 0 | ||
| LETTERED PROOFS ................ £2 0 0 | ||
| PRINTS ...................................... £1 1 0 |
DATE .................................................
TO ...........................................................
'First proof[5] of circular. Butterfly printed upside down. The top one drawn by J. A. McN. Whistler -'
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Notes:
1. [July 1878?]
Since Howell noted that this was the first proof, it must pre-date a similar subscription form promising 'first proofs' of the engraving and dated 26 July 1878 (JW to Forster, #11680).
2. Charles Augustus Howell
Charles Augustus ('Owl') Howell (1840? - d.1890), entrepreneur [more].
3. PD
This document is affixed in a letterbook, with a note written on the page beneath.
4. PORTRAIT OF THOMAS CARLYLE,
Howell had acquired the copyright of Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Portrait of Thomas Carlyle (YMSM 137) for £80 and six proofs, and he organised subscriptions for an engraving (see #02785, #11899). It was engraved by R. Josey, and published by H. Graves and Co. At the time of the Whistler v Ruskin trial the engraving was said to be under way (J. A. Rose to Walker, Martineau and Co., [6 Nov. 1878?], #12065). The first proofs were actually delivered on 2 December 1878 (Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, I, pp. 226-27). Almost identical subscription forms were printed for Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Painter's Mother (YMSM 101) and Arrangement in Brown and Black: Portrait of Miss Rosa Corder (YMSM 203) (see #02412, #11682).
5. RICHARD JOSEY
Richard Josey (1840-1906), reproductive engraver [more].
6. First proof
'First proof ... Whistler -' was written by C. A. Howell on the page beneath the form.