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System Number: 01743
Date: [January/June 1878][1]
Author: JW
Place: London
Recipient: Edward William Godwin[2]
Place: [London]
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler G109
Document Type: ALS
Dear Godwin -
I am so sorry that I cannot have this treat with you all tomorrow, but I am to dine with Allan Cole[3] and go afterwards to the play - So you see the whole building faculty are off on the spree tomorrow! -
You will turn up then on thursday morning at about 11.30 or 12 at latest and perhaps [p. 2] after going over the house come on with me to Watt[4] -
Ever Yours
With kindest regards and many thanks and compliments of the best to Mrs Godwin[5],
J A McN. Whistler
96. Cheyne Walk -
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Notes:
1. [January/June 1878]
This letter may date from early January 1878 when several letters to A. S. Cole and T. Watts-Dunton mention visits to the Gaiety Theatre (see #09024, #09033, #09575). At the latest, it could date from June when JW moved from 96 Cheyne Walk to the White House.
2. Edward William Godwin
Edward William Godwin (1833-1886), architect and designer [more]. JW's new house and studio, the White House in Tite Street, was designed by Godwin.
3. Allan Cole
Alan Summerly Cole (1846-1934), textile expert and museum official [more].
4. Watt
Walter Theodore Watts (later Watts-Dunton) (1832-1914), solicitor, novelist and poet [more].
5. Mrs Godwin
Beatrix Whistler (1857-1896), née Beatrice Philip, artist [more].