Documents associated with: etching exhibition
Record 34 of 41
System Number: 07698
Date: [27 April 1900][1]
Author: JW
Place: [Paris]
Recipient: Joseph Pennell[2]
Place: London
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 273/5/5
Document Type: ALS[3]
My dear Pennell -
But I do trust you will be very careful!
Many of the Naval Review[4] are too very slight for the understanding of the abomination outside, and [p. 2] not necessary for the purpose of the Exhibition -
You should choose only 2 or 3 out of them -
You might have one or two of the Tourraine[5] set instead -
For instance the Chancellerie[6] and - I forget -
Heinemann[7] was to tell you that I want the "Cameo No. 1[8]" hung -
He will lend you his - but the frame will be too small -
I think there is a good one of my own in studio to choose on larger mount -
Of course as you say they will all be hung together [p. 3] but necessarily I suppose in the Black & White - or perhaps on a screen -
And my dear Pennell I thank you for all the great trouble you are taking in the matter and I know I could not be in better hands! -
With kindest regards to Mrs Pennell[9] and yourself
Always sincerely
J McNeill Whistler
The Daily Mail[10] sent a Mr Raphael[11]! to see me - but I wont have any thing to do with him - You had better tell the Paper that if I say any thing to any one, I prefer Mr Lynch[12]. and I shall send for him if I wish.
Though by the way I cannot see what you want me to say about the Exhibition?
I meant to talk about the School - Academie Carmen[13].
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Envelope:
ToJoseph Pennell Esq
14. Buckingham Street
Strand
London -
Angleterre
[stamp:] POSTE / 25 / REPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE
[postmark:] PARIS-80 / R. DU BAC / 2E 27 / AVRIL / 00
Notes:
1. [27 April 1900]
Dated from the postmark. On the same day JW also wrote #07699.
2. Joseph Pennell
Joseph Pennell (1860-1926), printer and illustrator, JW's biographer [more].
3. ALS
The stationery has a mourning border.
4. Naval Review
'Naval Review set', 1887 (K. 316-331) (excat 7). These etchings were to be shown in 3rd Exhibition, International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London, 1901.
5. Tourraine
Possibly a reference to 'Belgian set', 1887 (K.349-367) (excat 8).
6. Chancellerie
Chancellerie, Loches (K.383).
7. Heinemann
William Heinemann (1863-1920), publisher [more].
8. Cameo No. 1
Cameo No.1 (Mother and Child) (K.347).
9. Mrs Pennell
Elizabeth Robins Pennell (1855-1936), née Robins, JW's biographer [more].
10. The Daily Mail
The text is continued in the left margin of p. 2, at right angles to the main text.
11. Mr Raphael
John Raphael (b. ca 1863), a journalist [more].
12. Mr Lynch
George Lynch (1868-1928), journalist, war correspondent and writer on Japan [more].
13. Academie Carmen
The Académie Carmen was opened in Paris in 1898 under the name of Carmen Rossi, model, proprietess of the Académie Carmen [more], and was supervised at intervals by JW and also, at first, by Frederick William MacMonnies (1863-1937), sculptor [more]. Inez Eleanor Addams (fl. 1898-1927), née Bate, painter [more], was the women's massiére. It was closed in 1901.