Documents associated with: Centenary Loan Exhibition of Lithography, South Kensington Museum, London, 1898
Record 1 of 3
System Number: 11810
Date: 21 October 1898
Author: Christine Anderson[1]
Place: London
Recipient: South Kensington Museum[2]
Place: London
Repository: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Document Type: PD/Ms[3]
[printed form:]
CENTENARY LOAN EXHIBITION OF LITHOGRAPHY TO BE HELD IN THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM, NOVEMBER 1898
[NAME] OF OWNER Company of the Butterfly. (Mrs Anderson)
ADDRESS 2 Hinde St. Manchester Sqr W
DATE 21 October 98
| NAME OF ARTIST. | TITLE. | DATE AND LOCALITY OF PUBLICATION. | ||
| Dept [Rotn?] Number | ||||
| [J.] McNeill Whistler | 1850 | The Priest's House - Rouen[4] | [tick] | |
| 1851 | Draped Model - Seated | [tick] | ||
| 1852 | The Balcony | [tick] | ||
| 1853 | Old Battersea Bridge | [tick] | ||
| 1854 | The Smiths Yard. Lyme Regis | [tick] | ||
| 1855 | The Little Café | [tick] | ||
| 1856 | Late Piquet | [tick] | ||
| [p. 2, column headings as on p. 1] | ||||
| J. McNeill Whistler | 1857 | Little Evelyn | [tick] | |
| 1858 | Hôtel Colbert, Paris | [tick] | ||
| 1859 | The Canal, Vitré | [tick] | ||
| 1860 | Maunders Fish Shop | [tick] | ||
| 1861 | Nursemaids. "Les Bonnes du Luxembourg" | [tick] | ||
| 1862 | La Jolie New Yorkaise. | [tick] | ||
| 1863 | The Terrace, Luxembourg Gardens. | [tick] | ||
| 1864 | Lindsay Row. Chelsea | [tick] | ||
| 1865 | The Smith at The Place du Dragon | [tick] | ||
| 1866 | Mother and Child (No. 1.) | [tick] | ||
| 1867 | The Pantheon, From The Terrace Of The Luxembourg Gdns | [tick] | ||
| 1868 | The Wheelwright, Chelsea. | [tick] | ||
| 1869 | The Dancing Girl | [tick] | ||
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Notes:
1. Christine Anderson
Mrs Christine Anderson, manager of the 'Company of the Butterfly' [more]. The company was founded by JW in April 1897 in order to sell his works direct to the public. He acquired the lease of a shop at 2 Hinde Street, Manchester Square and employed Mrs Christine Anderson as manager. However, it was not a success and lasted only from 1898 to 1901. See Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, vol. 2, p. 199-201.
2. South Kensington Museum
The works were being lent to the Museum to mark the centenary of the invention of lithography by Alois Senefelder (1771-1834), inventor [more].
3. PD/Ms
This document is incomplete.
4. Rouen
The lithographs listed are The Priest's House, Rouen (C.105), The Draped Figure, Seated (C.72), The Long Balcony (C.82) or The Little Balcony (C.83), Old Battersea Bridge (C.18), The Smith's Yard (C.124), The Little Café au Bois (C.91), Late Picquet (C.94), Little Evelyn (C.146), Hôtel Colbert, Windows (C.41), Vitré: The Canal (C.63), Maunder's Fish Shop, Chelsea (C.37), Nursemaids: 'Les Bonnes du Luxembourg' (C.81), La Jolie New Yorkaise (C.99), The Terrace, Luxembourg (C.87), Lindsey Row, Chelsea (C.23), The Smith, Passage du Dragon (C.103), Mother and Child, No. 1 (C.51), The Pantheon, from the terrace of the Luxembourg Gardens (C.70), probably The Tyresmith (C.36), and The Dancing Girl (C.29).