Documents associated with: materials, oils
Record 2 of 3
System Number: 08936
Date: 2 October 1878
Author: Lechertier, Barbe and Co.[1]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: London
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC
Document Type: MsD[2]
LONDON
Oct. 2 1878
M J. Whistler Esq
The White House, Tite St. Chelsea Embt
BOUGHT OF LECHERTIER, BARBE & CO.
ARTISTS' COLOURMEN,
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS,
60, REGENT STREET, W.
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT: 7, GLASSHOUSE ST. W.
POST OFFICE ORDERS TO BE MADE PAYABLE AT CHARING CROSS.
CHEQUES TO BE CROSSED LONDON & WESTMINSTER BANK.
'DB 221'[3]
| Best Oil Colors | ||||
| 6 Ivory Black @ 3[,] 3 Venetian red @ 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 Red Ochre @ 3, 2 Indian red @ 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2 Edouards Cadmium [Glair?] | 2/- | 4 | 0 | |
| 2 Cobalt @ 9, 1 Rose Madder @ 9 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1 Small bottle Linseed Oil | " | 5 | ||
| 2 yds 26 in Fine [Fet?] Canvas[4] | 5/- | 10 | 0 | |
| 19 | 11 |
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Notes:
1. Lechertier, Barbe and Co.
Suppliers of artist's materials.
2. MsD
JW was declared bankrupt on 6 May 1879. This bill came with his bankruptcy papers to James Anderson Rose (1819-1890), solicitor [more]. See other Lechertier, Barbe and Co. accounts at #08937 and #08961.
3. 'DB 221'
Written on left in another hand.
4. 2 yds 26 in Fine [Fet?] Canvas
This would have made up as three or four small format canvasses, of the size of Nocturne: Grey and Silver - Chelsea Embankment, Winter (YMSM 205), which is 24 5/8 x 18 5/8" (62.6 x 47.5 cm), or Portrait of Mrs Lewis Jarvis (YMSM 206) at 24 7/8 x 15 7/6" (63.2 x 40.3cm).