Documents associated with: Ten O'Clock Lecture, publication
Record 66 of 71
System Number: 00295
Date: 24 April 1890
Author: Paul Beurdeley[1]
Place: Paris
Recipient: JW
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler B71
Document Type: ALS
MAIRIE DE L'ÉLYSÉE
RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
LIBERTÉ-ÉGALITÉ-FRATERNITÉ
CABINET DU MAIRE
VILLE DE PARIS
8e ARRONDISSEMENT
PARIS,
LE 24 Avril 1890.
Mon cher Maître
Mille merci pour la belle et si parisienne eau forte que j'avais remarquée à l'Exposition Universelle[2]. Merci pour la dédicace du "Ten o'clock"[3]
J'ai vu hier Mr Ratier[4] et j'ai causé avec lui de votre affaire[5] - Le nécessaire sera fait et promptement
Toujours à vous, bien dévoué
P. Beurdeley
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Translation:
ELYSEE TOWN HALL
REPUBLIC OF FRANCE
LIBERTY-EQUALITY-BROTHERHOOD
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF PARIS
8TH DISTRICT
PARIS,
24th April 1890
My dear Master
A thousand thanks for the beautiful and so Parisian etching which I noticed at the Universal Exhibition. Thank you for the dedication of the "Ten o'clock"
I saw Mr Ratier and we talked about your business. The necessary will be done and promptly.
Ever your devoted
P. Beurdeley
Notes:
1. Paul Beurdeley
Paul Beurdeley (1842-after 1902), advocate at the Cour d'Appel, Paris [more].
2. Exposition Universelle
Universal Exhibition, Paris, 1889.
3. Ten o'clock
Whistler, James McNeill, Mr. Whistler's 'Ten O'clock', London, 1888.
4. Mr Ratier
Antoine ('Antony') Ratier (b. 1851), lawyer and politician [more]; see his account of the action taken, #05107 and #05108.
5. affaire
The suppression of copies of Whistler, James McNeill, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, ed. Sheridan Ford, Paris, 1890.