Documents associated with: 104th Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Academy, London, 1872
Record 4 of 17
System Number: 11971
Date: [2 April 1872][1]
Author: JW
Place: London
Recipient: Thomas Taylor[2]
Place: London
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Manuscripts Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 3/34
Document Type: ALS[3]
[postcard:]
2 Lindsey Houses.
by Old Battersea bridge.
Chelsea.
Monday -
Dear Taylor -
I have a painting for the Academy[4] - and would show it to you with pleasure before it goes -
Will you come tomorrow morning -
Sincerely Yours
J. A. McN. Whistler.
[p. 2] [Royal Arms]
ADDRESS ONLY TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE
Tom Taylor Esq.
Lavender Sweep
Wandsworth, S. W.
[stamp:] HALF PENNY
[postmark:] LONDON 7 / AP 2 / 72
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Notes:
1. [2 April 1872]
Dated from postmark.
2. Thomas Taylor
Thomas ('Tom') Taylor (1817-1880), civil servant, dramatist, art critic, and editor of Punch from 1874-1880 [more].
3. ALS
Postcard.
4. painting for the Academy
Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Painter's Mother (YMSM 101) was shown at the 104th Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Academy, London, 1872.